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Tuesday, 3 May 2016

Kenya’s long history of housing disasters ...

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Kenya's long history of housing disasters

 
 

The Kenyan authorities have promised dire punishment for all those responsible for the collapse of a six-storey apartment building in Nairobi's low-income Huruma suburb on Friday, in which at least 22 people died and scores are still missing. 

The draconian response is familiar to Kenyans, but it doesn't seem to put an end to the corruption and poor oversight that allows these tragedies to repeatedly occur.



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