Most new residential developments have children squeezing into a small play area.
By
Marion Sitawa
Correspondent
Nation Media Group
Most new residential developments have children squeezing into a small play area, taking turns on a slide or running around the little space left between the parking bays and apartment blocks. A few metres away, there are rows of cars that occupy much of the compound, while balconies rise several floors above them.
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