Kenya Environmental & Political News Weblog
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Healthcare Hurdles in Nairobi’s Slums
Posted: July 11, 2008, 10:26 pm by Phil
Photo: Manoocher Deghati/IRIN Slums are underserved in terms of access to basic amenities NAIROBI, 11 July 2008 (IRIN) - Quality healthcare is a luxury often beyond the reach of those who live in Nairobi’s slums, such as mother-of-seven Grace Awour Opondo. “When you are sick you buy medicine from the local shops,” Opondo told IRIN. “If [...] -
Post-Violence Sex Work Boom in Kenya
Posted: July 11, 2008, 9:56 pm by Phil
Photo: Eva-Lotta Jansson/IRIN Desperation limits your options MOMBASA, 9 July 2008 (PlusNews) - Like thousands of other Kenyans, Susan Wairimu, 17, was displaced from her home in the Rift Valley Province’s Molo district during the violence that followed a disputed presidential election in December 2007 and sought shelter in the nearby town of Nakuru. A cousin [...]
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