this is the first of a four part series that chronicles life in kisumu before the 2007 elections. pictures were taken at random and are presented in no particular order. if you have pictures you'd like to share, contact me at: the dot wocha at gmail dot com. please include a caption with each image. you can also post a link to pictures in the comment section.
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caption: vegetable vendors at jubilee market popularly known as chiro mbero
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caption: buying onions from my auntie. my family has been her customer for over 20 years
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caption: street kids going through trash looking for recyclable plastic bottles at the municipal fish market
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caption: street kids playing poker at a stall behind the municipal fish market
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caption: boda boda owners waiting for clients at the municipal fish market
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caption: billboard at the entrance of the jomo kenyatta grounds which has been reinovated considerably
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caption: fruit vendor at oile market. oile market is an open air market in front of jubilee market
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caption: fruit vendor at oile market
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caption: kisumu municipal market's main entrance
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caption: pottery vendor's stall in front for jubilee market
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caption: central bank of kenya
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caption: western union billboard
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caption: midday traffic with imperial hotel in the background
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caption: mobile phone vendor, literally. driving around in a van means increased customers and lower permit fees.
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caption: "vote for your orange. we all refute the draft". message reminding kisumu residents to vote against the draft constitution in december 2005. orange refers to raila's orange democratic movement (odm)
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caption: taxi and boda bodas waiting for clients at alpha house
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caption: format supermarket
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caption: midday traffic with kenya commercial bank (kcb) in the background
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caption: kenya national assurance house before it was bought by maseno university
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caption: private residence in milimani, close to state house kisumu
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caption: kisumu molasses plant in operation under spectre international ltd, a [raila] odinga family business
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caption: kisumu molasses plant
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caption: view from otonglo on kisumu busia road. grain silos and government's incomplete provincial building in background
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caption: view from otonglo
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caption: otonglo kiosk owner heading home after buying supplies in town
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caption: tuk tuk driver adding fuel at a petrol station in jua kali [industrial area].
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caption: vendor selling refreshments and snacks at the kisumu bus park
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caption: cyclist and pedestrian in front of uchumi hyper
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caption: stalled ugandan oil tanker unable to make it up a steep hill on the kisumu busia road
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caption: kisumu molasses plant
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caption: mobile phone vendor attending to clients at the bank square
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caption: crown paints' direction and distance pole at the bank square - between barclays bank and bank of baroda
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caption: east african building society (eabs) building
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caption: shoe vendor along kisumu kakamega road
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caption: boda boda owner negotiating fare
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