Disease in a bottle

30 March 2007 | Winnie Onyimbo

Kibera, in Kenya's capital Nairobi, is the world's biggest slum, where poor people pay a premium for filthy drinking water.

Winnie Onyimbo talks to the illegal water sellers and asks residents why they risk their health buying contaminated water.

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Winnie Onyimbo is an independent journalist based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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