Over 100 Burned To Death In Avoidable Tragedy
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network
A fireball that raced through Nairobis densely populated Sinai slum recently incinerated over 100 residents including many who ran to a sewage-filled river for cover but were burned alive there.
Charred bodies lay scattered in the twisting alleyways of the Sinai informal settlement that lies halfway between the airport and the city center.
Survivors sobbed as they walked through the explosion site: one man found the body of his child, still smoldering. Other people just stared, as they tried to come to terms with their loss.
According to Amnesty International, over half of Nairobis population - some two million people - live in makeshift shacks on just one per cent of the citys usable land. They live without adequate access to water, hospitals, schools and other essential public services.
The leaking pipeline was owned by the Kenya Pipeline Company, which has been dogged by corruption, mismanagement and high-level incompetence, according to John Njiraini of the Kenyan Standard newspaper. The company has denied responsibility for the disaster but admitted the leak was from a pipe due to be replaced.
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