{"id":24739,"date":"2025-01-08T10:53:23","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T10:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/barazalab.com\/?p=24739"},"modified":"2025-01-23T08:27:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T08:27:04","slug":"gikosh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/gikosh\/","title":{"rendered":"Gikosh"},"content":{"rendered":"<b>Gikosh<\/b>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24748\" src=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-19.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-19.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-19-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-19-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-19-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-19-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-19-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-19-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-19-650x434.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many of us Nairobians are familiar with Gikomba, to some extent. Some of us have a knowledge that runs deep, because our parents introduced us to it, taking us through the gigantic maze that it is, and showing us hacks like how to dress when you\u2019re headed there. They\u2019d insist that we don\u2019t use it as an arena to showcase the English we learnt in school (you\u2019d immediately be overcharged if you try and bargain in English), they\u2019d show us where to eat in case your shopping day was long, have us memorise all the entrances and exits, and emphasise that you\u2019d rather get lost than ask for directions.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24747\" src=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-17.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-17.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-17-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-17-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-17-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-17-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-17-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-17-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-17-650x434.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We transferred that knowledge into our adulthood, getting all the designer brands at affordable prices so that you weren\u2019t left behind with the campus trends. And in this, some saw a business opportunity, waking up early in the morning to get stock from Gikomba, and selling them on Instagram or hawking them around hostels and by the roadside for a markup \u2013 in that way both earning an income and saving a lot of people the trip and hassle.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24746\" src=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-21.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-21.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-21-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-21-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-21-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-21-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-21-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-21-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-21-650x434.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Gikomba. Gikosh. Wadhii. Soko.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, we meet Johnte, a young man who has his business in a side of Gikosh a lot of us don\u2019t get to interact with, unless you have business that takes you there.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The ironing section. This is a section of Gikomba you walk into and immediately get hit by a wave of heat.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here, there\u2019s whole rows of people at different stages of ironing. To start, you scrub the bottom of the charcoal iron you\u2019ve rented for 20 bob a day with a stone till its surface is smooth, which reduces friction.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24745\" src=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-25.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-25.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-25-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-25-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-25-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-25-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-25-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-25-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-25-650x434.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Charcoal is preferred as a heat source for the iron because you can iron more clothes for less, because on average you might use between KES 200-400 worth of charcoal, which would be much higher if you iron with electricity as your power source.<\/span>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You set the charcoal inside the iron and then use denim or pure cotton to light the coals quickly, you can use a makeshift metallic boiler to heat the iron faster on the outside. As you can already tell, time is of the essence here.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24744\" src=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-29.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-29.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-29-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-29-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-29-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-29-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-29-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-29-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-29-650x434.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Those manning the irons offer traders and buyers an essential service in Gikomba, because they get clothes from traders who\u2019ve bought them in bulk to resell in the retail market. The purpose of ironing the clothes is to make them more presentable to the final buyer, wrinkle free and thus more appealing.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s an intense process to watch, with people flipping around 10 clothes at a go, interchanging the one at the top so each item gets equal heat distribution, a damp cotton cloth placed at the top so the heat doesn\u2019t burn through the clothes. Some of them have earphones on, others exchanging stories and laughing loudly with each other.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24743\" src=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-9.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-9.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-9-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-9-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-9-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-9-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-9-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-9-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-9-650x434.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Johnte has spent 5 years as a trader in Gikomba, and he\u2019s what we\u2019d call a master of all\u00a0 trades, because he doesn\u2019t just iron, although that\u2019s what his older brother introduced him to when he first came here. He\u2019s also a retail trader. He buys clothes, then gives them to his brother to sell on Ngong Road. In the evening, he goes and joins him. On some weekends he goes home to Homa Bay and sells clothes there too.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As with any other business, and not only in Nairobi but around the country, a lot of the problems Johnte experiences can be directly linked to government negligence, or government interference.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24742\" src=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-23.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-23.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-23-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-23-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-23-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-23-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-23-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-23-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-23-650x434.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever since William Ruto\u2019s government came into power, they pay 20 shillings per day, per stall to the County government; Kanjo. In the past, they only paid this fee three times a week, but now, it\u2019s a daily price.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\r\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There\u2019s also been multiple attempts to evict them from the market, with \u2018strange\u2019 fires starting in the wee hours of the night, razing through innocent traders\u2019 stock and stalls, causing losses amounting to millions.\u00a0<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24741\" src=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-8.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-8-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-8-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-8-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-8-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-8-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-8-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-8-650x434.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To a majority of Kenyans, nothing about this is strange, because we\u2019ve seen this script play out too many times to count. Instead of working to improve conditions for the traders, by doing things like fixing roads and footpaths in the market so that people don\u2019t have to wade through mud and mush to get to their destination, or building better, more permanent stalls and a semblance of order to the market, they work against them &#8211; it seems obvious that the state that Gikomba is in, is a deliberate choice by those in authority.<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Still, isn\u2019t it interesting to find out what processes your clothes have gone through before getting to your wardrobe?<\/span>\r\n\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24740\" src=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-20.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1600\" height=\"1068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-20.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-20-600x401.jpg 600w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-20-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-20-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-20-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-20-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-20-200x134.jpg 200w, https:\/\/tuwele.com\/baraza_update\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gikomba-Baraza-Media-Lab-_2024_06_EdwinNdeke-20-650x434.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/>\r\n\r\n<b><i>Written by: Makena Ngito<\/i><\/b><b><i>\r\n<\/i><\/b><b><i>Photos by: Edwin Ndeke<\/i><\/b>\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many of us Nairobians are familiar with Gikomba, to some extent. 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