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2. Kibera - Wikipedia

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   Kibera ( Kinubi: Forest or Jungle [1]) is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, 6.6 kilometres (4.1 mi) from the city centre. [2] Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the largest urban slum in Africa. [3] [4] [5] The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census reports Kibera's population as 170,070, contrary to previous estimates ...

3. Korogocho - Wikipedia

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   Korogocho is one of the largest slum neighbourhoods of Nairobi, Kenya.Home to 150,000 to 200,000 people pressed into 1.5 square kilometres, northeast of the city centre, Korogocho was founded as a shanty town on the then outskirts of the city.

4. Nairobi - Wikipedia

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   The Kibera slum in Nairobi is claimed by the Kenyan government to have a population of 185,777. However, non-governmental sources generally estimate the slum to have a population of 500,000 to 1,000,000, depending on what areas are defined as comprising Kibera.

5. List of slums in Kenya - Wikipedia

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   Slums in Nairobi An aerial view of Kibera. There are many slums in Kenya, for example in the cities of Nairobi and Mombasa. According to UN DESA (United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs), 55 per cent of Kenya's urban population were slum inhabitants in 2007. In 2019, around two million inhabitants of Nairobi lived in informal ...

6. Water supply and sanitation in Nairobi - Wikipedia

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   A lack of basic sanitation in the Kibera slum, Nairobi. In Kibera and other slums of Nairobi water is supplied through water kiosks. 98% of kiosks are privately owned and the owners financed the construction of the kiosks and the pipes to the water mains. Only 2% were operated by community-based organisations or NGOs.

7. Squatting in Kenya - Wikipedia

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   A 2015 photograph of shacks in Kibera, Nairobi. The United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA) estimated in 2007 that 55 per cent of Kenya's urban population lived in slums, in which people either owned, rented or squatted their houses.

8. Mathare Valley - Wikipedia

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   A view of the Mathare Valley slum. Mathare Valley is a part of Mathare slum in Kenya. It is in the Nairobi area. Other informal settlements in the Nairobi area include Huruma, Kiambiu, Korogocho, Mukuru and Kibera. It has a high population density. It is a few kilometers from the centre of Nairobi. The Mathare River flows in the valley.

9. Soweto East - Wikipedia

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   Soweto East. Soweto East is a part of Kibera slum in Nairobi. Its population has been estimated at 70,000 persons. [1] Slum residents have to pay more than others for water. [1] Other parts of Kibera include Laini Saba, Lindi, Makina, Kianda, Mashimoni, Gatuikira, Kisumu Ndogo and Siranga. [2] [1]