Mzee Simon Njenga Kariuki, the 85-year-old man who Mukuru kwa Njenga slum in Nairobi was named after during his burial at Langata Cemetry. [James Wanzala, Standard] Many Nairobi residents have ...

"Today at 5pm, I am going to give them houses here in Mukuru. A person who has been living in the slum today will climb to the 14th floor, go and live there, and it is his/her own home," the President ...

The event has left a number of residents homeless, with images showing them carrying remains of their iron sheet houses from ...

He was chairman of the slum for more than 60 years, and no project could be done without his involvement. Many Nairobi residents have probably heard about Mukuru Kwa Njenga slum in Embakasi South ...

President William Ruto handed over keys to more than 4,500 proud new beneficiaries of the Affordable Housing Programme at the ...

"When I started, there was poop in bags everywhere," said Ricky Ojwang, skillfully navigating a rubbish-strewn canal in Mukuru, a Nairobi slum where he's worked to improve sanitation since 2012.

The government has declared May 10 a day of mourning to mark the deaths from disastrous floods and pledged to help. But some say the authorities... In Kenya's flooded slums, people mourn their losses ...

Cartels sell water to slum dwellers at hugely inflated prices Dispensers let residents buy clean water with rechargable tokens Nearly half of Kenya's urban population lives in slums NAIROBI, Sept 14 ...

NAIROBI, Jan 20 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Sitting on a low bench at her shop in a Nairobi slum, Grace Wangari sifted through a handful of grains that a waiting customer had just ordered. As she ...

Though Isabella Mogeni lost everything she owned, she was lucky to survive the heavy storm waters that swept through the Mukuru kwa Reuben slums in Nairobi, Kenya, last week, killing dozens of her ...