President Kibaki and UN secretary-general Kofi Annan arrive for the opening of the UN Climate Change Conference at Unep headquarters in Gigiri, Nairobi yesterday.

 
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A new report has cited Nairobi's Mathare and Kibera slums among those prone to flooding in Africa.The report, Climate change, urban flooding and the rights of the urban poor in Africa, said flooding was also a major problem in Six cities on the continent where research was carried .

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