Alliance-bound student trapped in dumpsite

John Mwangi who got admission to Alliance Boys, works in Kware dumpsite in Nairobi after his parents failed to raise schools.  [Collins Oduor, Standard]

By midday, the Kware dumpsite in Mukuru slums is already heavy with heat. Smoke curls up from smouldering waste, the sun glints off broken glass, and the air is thick with the smell of rot and burning plastic.