Slums of Nairobi

The slums in Nairobi are definitely the cities dark spot. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi and the second largest urban slum in all of Africa. The population of the slum, which is located about 5 miles from the center of Nairobi, is around 170,000 people. The slum is divided up into many different sectors with each lacking the bare necessities such as running water and electricity. Even the ground that people walk on is made up of mostly rubbish and garbage. There has been a move in recent years by the Kenyan government to try and get people out of the slums. New apartments have been constructed adjacent to Kibera in an effort to relocate the people to more sustainable living conditions.

            If the government continues to place an emphasis on moving people out of the slum it will increase the standard of living in Nairobi as well as make the city as a whole a more productive society that in the end can pay large dividends to Kenya as a whole.

Sources:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/2297265.stm

http://www.citiesalliance.org/ca/nairobi