Giving A Voice to the Voiceless

In the article "Kenya: The Wasteland", the author David Conrad gives a voice to a woman who is suffering in Dandora. The article explores the epidemic of a rural city outside of Dandora being victims of waste disposal. The city gets waste from the Kenyatta International Airport and other places at the same time every day. Once the trash is disposed, many people sort through the waste to eat and feed their children. One woman named Rahab Ruguru points out that she depends on the trash to feed her children and for work. She has been suffering in the filthy city but says that she will follow the dump cite if moved. She depends on the trash for everything, despite how harsh the conditions of the city are. This article gave Ruguru a voice to tell her experience with living in the trash capital of Kenya. Many people aren’t as fortunate as her because people don’t give them chances to express their feelings about a living situation. With this article, people from all around the world can know about this tragedy. According to the article, the wasteland was supposed to be destroyed or moved because the site was overused. There have also been reports of people trying to help but at the same time trying to control the impoverished individuals living in the area. It’s sad to say that only the people inside the wasteland are trying to help because other higher powers aren’t really trying to make a change. Ruguru is still waiting for improvements but until she sees them then she will forever work in the wasteland.