Kenya: Why Nairobi Is Thirsty City in the Sun

Nairobi's Kaloleni Estate is like a town that city fathers forgot: Rusty pipes, blocked sewers and rivulets of a dark oily substance are its daily hallmarks and it wears them like emblems of shame.

Decades of neglect have turned this once beautiful estate -- in past years characterised by manicured lawns and streets lined with Jacaranda trees -- into a site of derelict homes, overgrown grass and aged roofing.

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