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Kibera sewage

 A man scavenges for recyclables in a section of Ngong River that passes through Kibera slum, Nairobi on July 14, 2021. 

| Lucy Wanjiru | Nation Media Group

Sewage flows in the open as population overwhelms Nairobi system

Deep inside Africa’s largest slum by size, Kibera informal settlement, a group of children are playing football.

On both sides of their makeshift playground near Katwekera footbridge are two streams.