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What is the price some women in a Kenyan slum are paying for water?

Water is life. But in the Kenyan informal settlement of Kibera, it is a scarce resource, and some women are being forced to exchange sexual favours for water

We'd like to warn you that this episode tackles themes that you might find distressing. It contains franks discussions of allegations of sexual assault and rape.

We know water is important and we are taking you to Kenya and the informal settlement of Kibera, in the capital Nairobi where access to clean water is a daily struggle for the hundreds of thousands of people who live there. Many here are casual workers whose daily wages can barely stretch to cover the most basic needs and some spend as much as a quarter of their wages on water each month, so they can have enough to drink, prepare their meal, and take the occasional shower.

Much of the water in Kibera is delivered by private vendors, and often have men in charge. Some women have told the 麻豆社 they feel vulnerable because of attacks and assaults they鈥檝e faced from these men.

Today Victoria Uwonkunda is joined by the 麻豆社's Women's Affairs Correspondent, Azeezat Olaoluwa, to talk about the price some women are having to pay for water in a Kenyan slum

Presenter: Victoria Uwonkunda - @Msuwonkunda
Guest: Azeezat Olaoluwa - @AzeezatOlaoluwa

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