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Pain of Mathare floods victims in bid to replace crucial documents

David Juma, shows where his house was before it was swept away by floodwaters in Mathare 4A area. [Jacinta Mutura, Standard]

Standing on the space he called home for more than 16 years along Mathare River in Mathare 4A area, David Juma is a disturbed man.

It is on this very ground, he witnessed everything he had worked for and cherished swept away by flash floods that tore Mathare, leaving hundreds of families devastated in April this year.

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