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[Published: Sunday June 14 2009]

Half of Nairobi's population lives in slums, Amnesty

Nairobi, 14 June-(ANA)-More than half the population of Kenya's capital - some 2 million people - live in slums or informal settlements under threat of forced eviction and without access to such basic services as water or education, Amnesty International has said.

"This is a human rights scandal and an affront to their human dignity," said Irene Khan, Secretary-General of the human rights group, who visited the Kenyan capital k to launch a 44-page report, "The Unseen Majority: Nairobi's 2 million Slum-Dwellers." (ANA)

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