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Informal settlements along Nairobi River are often worst hit during floods occasioned by heavy rains. Smarting from such previous catastrophes, residents of Kiamaiko slums in Mathare constituency are implementing flood mitigation measures such as planting bamboo trees along the river. But as Marie Yambo found out during a visit there, residents of the informal settlement are grappling with the paradox of saving what they have now christened the miracle tree from illegal logging for income generation.
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Kiamaiko residents plant bamboo trees to mitigate risk of floods
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