Mukuru kwa Njenga
Mukuru Kwa Njenga is a slum in the East of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It borders the Jomo Kenyatta International Airport to the north, Industrial Area business district to the south and other growing suburbs areas within Embakasi region such as Donholm Estate. It belongs to Embakasi South Constituency, but it extends into Makadara and Starehe constituencies. It is one of the largest slums in Nairobi. It stretches along the Nairobi/Ngong River, situated on waste lands in the industrial area of the city between the Outer Ring Road, North Airport Road and Mombasa road. Mukuru has villages namely; Mukuru kwa Reuben, Mukuru kwa Njenga, Sinai, Paradise, Jamaica, Kingstone, Mariguini, Fuata Nyayo and Kayaba. The population exceeds 100,000.[1]
Kenyan international footballer Patrick Oboya was born in Mukuru Kwa Njenga. Other notable figures include Geoffrey Mboya, a young humanitarian advocate and climate activist who passionately advocates for Sustainable Development Goals in the settlements. He has presented the urban climate resilience in the context of urban poverty at the London Climate Action Week and UN Climate Conference. DJ Peter Adams one of the most famous DJ who had a very big career on KTN and Radio Maisha was born and raised in Mukuru kwa Reuben. Shabu Mwangi[2] and Adam Masava[3] are two of Kenya's fine artists who have exhibited internationally. Adam Masava who is also a teacher who has taught local children art[3] and they have participated and won in various fine arts competition including the Toyota arts project. U-Tena arts group has been making a change in Mukuru and have performed in multiple international events and in Kenya. Micato Safaris[4] has been offering scholarships to needy children, supporting education to Mukuru residents through a free library and a free Computer Centre and a Water project.[5] There are also organizations like SHOFCO which also try to improve the livelihoods of Mukuru residents. Among other major slums in Nairobi are Korogocho, Kibera and Mathare.
Living conditions
Mukuru slums as any other slum in the world has been faced by different challenges including crime, drug abuse, prostitution and other challenges that face slums all over the world, but the people of Mukuru have been able to continuously fight this challenges and this has enabled many improvement in the community. In the slums, whole families live, or at least survive, in tiny one-roomed corrugated iron shacks, measuring approximately 3 m x 3 m. Very few homes have access to electricity and up to twenty families might share a communal water tap and toilet latrine.
Details
There are two government schools in Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Kwa Njenga Primary School and Our Lady of Nazareth primary school which is partly sponsored by the, Society of Mary (Latin: Societas Mariae) is a clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men (brothers and priests) commonly called the Marianist.[6] The Medical Missionary of Mary and the newly commissioned, Our Lady Of Nazareth Health Center serves the health needs of the community.[7] The Holy Ghost fathers have a big project and a catholic Church. There have been cholera deaths in 2009.[8] Mukuru kwa Njenga has Anglican churches.[9] Residents of the slum were in fear of a mass eviction of more than 50,000 persons in 2002.[10]
Settlement profiling
The settlement profiling process include identifying the stakeholders, organizing of stakeholder forums for good representation, community mobilisation and awareness creation, training of data collectors, and focus group discussions and interviews. The field research was conducted in six designated survey areas: Riara (SEPU), Mukuru Kwa Ruben, Mukuru Kwa Njenga, Viwandani, Kiandumu (Thika, Kiambu County), and selected wards in Nairobi County that do not predominantly feature slums.[citation needed] [This paragraph needs further clarification, but it appears to be drawn from projects of the College of Environmental Design, University of California-Berkeley, described in a series of blog posts.][11][12]
The Mukuru settlements have been designated as a Special Planning Area (SPA) due to their unique planning challenges and opportunities.[13]
See also
References
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- ^ "Shabu Mwangi". Circle Art. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
- ^ a b "The Three-Piece: Adam Masava". BLACK ART IN AMERICA™. 2021-08-26. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
- ^ "Harambee Centre Library & Learning Resource Centre". Micato Safaris. Retrieved 2021-01-19.
- ^ "Harambee Centre Library & Learning Resource Centre". Micato Safaris. Retrieved 2020-05-28.
- ^ "ChildAid - Making a World Fit for Children". Archived from the original on 2007-11-29. Retrieved 2009-11-24.
- ^ "parishes makadara". kutokanet.com. Retrieved 2015-01-05.
- ^ "NewsTin.com is available at DomainMarket.com". NewsTin.com is available at DomainMarket.com. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
- ^ http://acknairobidiocese.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=55[permanent dead link]
- ^ ""Mukuru kwa Njenga" - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 2021-10-07.
- ^ "Research: Informal Settlements, Nairobi, Kenya | IURD". iurd.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "Nairobi Studio: Collaborative & Integrated Informal Settlement Upgrading". Retrieved 2020-08-29.
- ^ "About the Mukuru SPA". Muungano wa Wanavijiji. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
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