Transcript: Water Delivery Man Has Fans in Parched Nairobi

GUY RAZ
NPR Weekend All Things Considered
08-29-2009
Water Delivery Man Has Fans in Parched Nairobi

Host: GUY RAZ
Time 19:00-20:00 PM


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GUY RAZ, host:

Welcome back to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Guy Raz.

(Soundbite of rainfall)

We're listening to a sound that's becoming increasingly rare in the East African nation of Kenya: rain.

Kenya's long rainy season is supposed to last roughly from March to the beginning of June. But for the fourth straight year, the rains have disappointed. The drizzle we're hearing isn't enough to stall a drought. So these days, some of the most popular folks in the neighborhoods of Nairobi are the men who deliver the water.

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