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Why State's slum eradication remains a tall order

Mathare slum in Nairobi. [File, Standard]

Recently, residents of the Mukuru slums in Nairobi, who had subscribed to the affordable housing programme, cried out that the units they paid deposits for were being allocated to strangers.

This is the reality with the affordable housing project - creating new communities where none existed before.

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