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Kenyan court rules suicide criminalisation unconstitutional

Kenyan judge rules criminalisation of attempted suicide unconstitutional; The problem of waste management in Kampala; And a shop owner who has lost all in Ghana鈥檚 market fire.

Kenya's high court has struck down a law that criminalised the act of attempting suicide. We hear from one of the petitioners who brought the challenge, on why the judge's ruling is important.

Also in the podcast, we revisit the dumpsite in the Ugandan capital, Kampala, that collapsed and killed more than 30 people last August. How is the city managing its waste problem?

And a shop owner tells us about the devastating impact of a fire at one of the biggest open air markets in Ghana, and efforts to rebuild the area.

Presenter: Audrey Brown
Producers: Yvette Twagiramariya, Bella Hassan and Sunita Nahar in London. Frenny Jowi was in Nairobi
Senior Producer: Patricia Whitehorne
Technical Producer: Gabriel O'Regan
Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi

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