Greenwire/New York Times examines how water "binds urban sanitation with energy, tourism, agriculture and other sectors throughout sub-Saharan Africa," with a focus on Kenya's "water woes." Kenya's problems have been compounded by changing weather, population growth, "volatile politics," and cultural taboos around sanitation, the article states. The story details how a drought late in 2009, led to inflated water prices in Nairobi and crop failures "even in the breadbasket region between Nairobi and Lake Victoria...
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