Kenya: How to clean up the slums -- cook on rubbish
07.09.2007
Entering Nairobi's fetid slums the senses are first assaulted by a gagging stench and the sight of rubbish everywhere, some even hanging from trees or smouldering in acrid fires. The city government does not recognise the "informal settlements" where more than 60% of the population live, so no services are provided and no garbage collected. The result is frighteningly insanitary conditions.