Mukuru kwa Njenga
An informal settlement in the Embakasi area of Nairobi From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
Mukuru kwa Njenga | |
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 An Oxfam funded drain cleaning project in Mukuru | |
  Mukuru kwa Njenga Location of Kwa Njenga in Kenya | |
| Coordinates: 1°18′17″S 36°53′6″E | |
| Country | Kenya |
| County | Nairobi City |
| Sub-county | Embakasi |
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.
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]
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]
Kenyan international footballer Patrick Oboya was born in Mukuru Kwa Njenga.
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