Tanzania, Feb. 8 -- The explosion last week at a gas storage and refilling facility in Nairobi's Embakasi suburb, which killed at least six people and injured over 300, has been blamed on corruption, and shambolic urban governance which allowed such a dangerous installation to be located in a densely populated area. Reports allege that dozens of complaints had been made, and a court had shut the place down, to no avail.

Enter Morris Odhiambo, who lives a short distance from the accident site. Odhiambo is Vice-Chairman of something known as the Diplomacy Scholars Association of Kenya (DIPSAK) and Coordinator, Missing Voices Coalition (MVC) in Kenya.

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