Opinion: I grew up in one of Africa’s largest informal settlements. Now I’m helping heal it
I grew up in one of Africa’s largest informal settlements. Now I’m helping heal it.
I had only lived in Kibera for 15 minutes when I saw a police officer and was arrested. But it would be years before I saw a real doctor.
In 2001, at the age of 13, I had come to Kenya’s largest informal settlement on the outskirts of Nairobi with my sister. When we arrived at 3 a.m., we dutifully called my uncle from a phone booth to pick us up. Before he could arrive, the police arrested me for loitering. Just as capriciously, they released me an hour later.
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