Mukuru kwa Njenga

Mukuru kwa Njenga
Informal settlement
An Oxfam funded drain cleaning project in Mukuru
An Oxfam funded drain cleaning project in Mukuru
Mukuru kwa Njenga is located in Kenya
Mukuru kwa Njenga
Mukuru kwa Njenga
Location of Kwa Njenga in Kenya
Coordinates: 1°18′17″S 36°53′6″E / 1.30472°S 36.88500°E / -1.30472; 36.88500
CountryKenya
CountyNairobi City
Sub-countyEmbakasi

Mukuru Kwa Njenga is a slum in the Mukuru slums of Nairobi. Mukuru kwa Njenga is among other villages in Mukuru namely; Mukuru kwa Reuben, Mukuru kwa Njenga, Sinai, Paradise, Jamaica, Kingstone, Mariguini, Fuata Nyayo and Kayaba. The population exceeds 100,000.[1]

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 improvements 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.[2] The Medical Missionary of Mary and the newly commissioned, Our Lady Of Nazareth Health Center serves the health needs of the community.[3] The Holy Ghost fathers have a big project and a Catholic church. There have been cholera deaths in 2009.[4] Mukuru kwa Njenga has Anglican churches.[5] Residents of the slum were in fear of a mass eviction of more than 50,000 persons in 2002.[6]

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.][7][8]

The Mukuru settlements have been designated as a Special Planning Area (SPA) due to their unique planning challenges and opportunities.[9]

Notable residents

Kenyan international footballer Patrick Oboya was born in Mukuru Kwa Njenga.

See also

References

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  2. ^ "ChildAid - Making a World Fit for Children". Archived from the original on 29 November 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2009.
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  5. ^ http://acknairobidiocese.org/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=55[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ ""Mukuru kwa Njenga" - Google Search". www.google.com. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Research: Informal Settlements, Nairobi, Kenya | IURD". iurd.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Nairobi Studio: Collaborative & Integrated Informal Settlement Upgrading". Retrieved 29 August 2020.
  9. ^ "About the Mukuru SPA". Muungano wa Wanavijiji. Retrieved 29 August 2020.