Water Vendor

This guy buys water for 1 shilling (~0.01$) per 20 liters and sells it for 5 shillings. In poor peri-urban areas this is a huge expense for people. They might spend 20 of the 70 shillings they make in a day on water.

A week of wazungu and tug-of-war

November 1st 2006
Last week I experienced some amazing sites around Kisumu; however, there were two specific experiences that warrant some discussion. The first was a staff development day for CDC/KEMRI. There were about 600 Kenyans and a few expats building straw towers and competing in a relay race that included putting condoms on a wooden penis. I helped with the tug-of-war. Not only were people extremely co ... read more

Africa » Kenya » Nyanza Province » Kisumu

Founding president and liberation struggle icon Jomo KENYATTA led Kenya from independence until his death in 1978, when President Daniel Toroitich arap MOI took power in a constitutional succession. The country was a de facto one-party state from 196... ... read more

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