The Sunken City: Inside Kakuma’s Latrine Collapse as Sanitation Funds Evaporate

KAKUMA, KENYA — Across the scorched expanse of Kakuma 3’s Zone 2, Block 4, the stench of stagnant wastewater hangs heavy. Rebecca Nyandeng points toward what was once her family’s household pit latrine, now swallowed by a sinkhole four meters wide. Over 14,000 pits have collapsed across Kakuma as a 58% WASH budget deficit triggers repeated cholera outbreaks.