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Slum residents hit by severe water shortage

Embakasi water seller

A man sells water at Tena Estate in Embakasi, Nairobi County, on April, 28, 2014. 

Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group
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By  Sammy Kimatu

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

Residents of three slums in Nairobi County’s Embakasi South and Starehe sub-counties have suffered a severe water shortage for about three weeks now.

The slums are Mukuru-Kwa Njenga in Embakasi South, Mukuru-Maasai and Mukuru-Kayaba in Starehe.

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