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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Environment
Jaclynn Ashly

‘Blame the government’: Kenyans bemoan lack of support amid record flooding

Mathare residents wade through floodwaters as they recover their belongings after the Nairobi river burst its banks [Monicah Mwangi/Reuters]

Nairobi, Kenya – Collins Obondo stood atop the rubble of a house in Mathare, one of the largest informal settlements in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, surveying the aftermath of a flood that destroyed his neighbourhood.

“This is all that’s left of my mother,” the 38-year-old said, looking down at the heap of muddy miscellaneous items gathered together on top of where her house once stood.

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