Nairobi, Feb. 12 -- The explosion at a gas plant in a poor residential area in Embakasi, Nairobi killed six people and injured hundreds of others. Many of these injuries are life-altering.

The explosion damaged small businesses, leaving the poverty-stricken residents without a means of livelihood. Survivors who spoke to news reporters looked more defeated than hurt. There is nothing as heart-wrenching as seeing a broken spirit.

The residents were already poor. School fees were forbidding; the cost of power and food rising every day. But they managed to survive every day.

All they had hoped for was the government to guarantee them safety from such hazards. But, even in this, the government failed them. Thus, their broken spirit.

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