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How Much to My House?

How Much to My House?

A woman passenger negotiates with a “bodaboda” taxi driver on the outskirts of Eldoret Town.

A Helping Hand

A Helping Hand

A young boy assists his friend with some luggage in the outskirts of Eldoret Town.

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Tomatoes and Onions

Tomatoes and Onions

A young woman sells tomatoes and onions at an outdoor market in Maili Tisa near Eldoret Town.

The Skeptic

The Skeptic

A girl at a market in Maili Tisi on the outskirts of Eldoret Town.

I am an African Woman

I am an African Woman

Cotton Candy on a Rainy Day

Don’t look now
I’m fading away
Into the gray of my mornings
Or the blues of every night
Is it that my nails

keep breaking

Or maybe the corn

on my second little piggy

Things keep popping out

on my face

or

of my life

It seems no matter [...]

Where You Lead, I Will Follow

Where You Lead, I Will Follow

A young girl follows her elder sister in Eldoret North constituency outside the village of Soy.

Long Time No See

Long Time No See

Friends run into each other along the streets of Eldoret Town.

Rail Tracks

Rail Tracks

“Across the lines
Who would dare to go
Under the bridge
Over the tracks
That separates whites from blacks”

Lyrics by Tracy Chapman.

Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC), also Kenya Railways (KR) is the national railway of Kenya. Established in 1977, KR is a state corporation.

The mainline of the KR is based on the original Uganda Railway. Its 930 km (578 mi) main track [...]

Take with One Hand…Give with the Other

Take with One Hand…Give with the Other

Debt Forgiveness

“So you see my friend, they take with one hand and give with another!”

“Who?”

“Those guys in suits….a mob…they call it the Paris Club, a bunch of mobsters who take our goods – the diamonds, oil and other natural resources in Africa, make money from them and then lend it back to us [...]

The Hard Way

The Hard Way

Two cyclists navigate a worn out and heavily damaged Eldoret-Kitale Highway.

Highway Detour

Highway Detour

Dust rises from the passage of trucks on a detour off the Nakuru-Eldoret Highway near Molo. The area is under a huge road construction project to repair the highway.

Flying Down the Highway

Flying Down the Highway

A cyclist on the Eldoret-Kitale highway near the small town of Matunda.

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