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William Oeri | NATION Residents mourn their loved ones killed in a fire that swept through Sinai slum in Nairobi’s Industrial Area on September 12, 2011. Most of the victims were scooping petrol from a trench that carries dirty water from a Kenya Pipeline Company (KPC) depot. Police said 75 people were killed and more than 100 others injured, but Nairobi Town Clerk Philip Kisia and others said the dead were more than 100.

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Disaster offered a snapshot of all you need to know about slum life

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Stephen Njau cannot remember which came first; the sight or the sound of death. What he recalls with crystal clarity is his reaction. He ran and ran and ran....

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Kenya Pipeline Company managing director Selest Kilinda

Company admits its pipelines were faulty

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The Kenya Pipeline Company has acknowledged that the tragedy was a result of petrol spillage...

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STEPHEN MUDIARI | NATION A victim is helped by doctors at Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi. Some 118 patients have been admitted there, most of them with severe burns.

Response team sets up base at city social hall

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A disaster response centre has been set up to manage the aftermath of the fire tragedy that...

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Stephen Wandera | Nation Human rights activist Al-Amin Kimathi with his wife Farida at the Ugandan High Court on September 12, 2011 after terror charges against him were dropped.

Kimathi acquitted of terror charges

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Human rights activist Al-Amin Kimathi is a free man after spending a year in a Ugandan jail. ...

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