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Kenyan President Slams 'Incompetence', 'Corruption' After Deadly Blast

Residents said it was an accident waiting to happen (Credit: AFP)

Kenyan President William Ruto on Saturday blamed incompetent and corrupt government officials for a deadly gas blast in Nairobi that killed three people and injured 280.

A truck laden with gas canisters exploded just before midnight Thursday in Embakasi, a densely populated Nairobi district, unleashing a trail of destruction and sending people running for their lives.

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