List of slums in Kenya explained

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.^[1] In 2019, around two million inhabitants of Nairobi lived in informal settlements.

Nairobi

• Dandora
• Deep Sea^[2]
• Huruma^[3]
• Kangemi
• Kariobangi
• Kawangware^[4]
• Kiambiu
• Kiandutu^[5]
• Kibera (including villages of Laini Saba, Lindi and Soweto East)
• Korogocho^[6]
• Kware
• Majengo^[7]
• Mathare (including settlements of Bondeni, Mathare 4A and Mathare 4B)
• Matopeni
• Mukuru kwa Njenga^[8]

Mombasa

• Magongo
• Majengo
• Mzambarauni^[9]

See also

• Squatting in Kenya

Notes and References

1. Gulyani . Sumila . Bassett . Ellen M. . Talukdar . Debabrata . Living Conditions, Rents, and Their Determinants in the Slums of Nairobi and Dakar . Land Economics . 2012 . 88 . 2 . 251–274 . 10.3368/le.88.2.251 . 23272581 . 154634824 . 0023-7639.
2. Web site: KENYA THE UNSEEN MAJORITY: NAIROBI'S TWO MILLION SLUM-DWELLERS . Amnesty International . 14 April 2022.
3. Ren . Hang . Guo . Wei . Zhang . Zhenke . Kisovi . Leonard Musyoka . Das . Priyanko . Population Density and Spatial Patterns of Informal Settlements in Nairobi, Kenya . Sustainability . 18 September 2020 . 12 . 18 . 7717 . 10.3390/su12187717. free .
4. News: Kamau . Kelvin . Why Kawangware has more posho mills than pubs . 14 April 2022 . Standard Entertainment and Lifestyle . en.
5. Chege . Peter M. . Ndungu . Zipporah W. . Gitonga . Betty M. . Food security and nutritional status of children under-five in households affected by HIV and AIDS in Kiandutu informal settlement, Kiambu County, Kenya . Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition . December 2016 . 35 . 1 . 21 . 10.1186/s41043-016-0058-9. 27443524 . free . 5025998 .
6. News: Smoking Nairobi landfill jeopardizes schoolchildren's future . UNEP . 21 December 2018 . en.
7. News: Carlin . John . Hope for Aids cure as prostitutes defy virus in the slums . 14 April 2022 . The Guardian . 23 November 2003 . en.
8. Web site: Research: Informal Settlements, Nairobi, Kenya IURD . iurd.berkeley.edu . 14 April 2022.
9. Web site: Mtwapa Informal Settlement Upgrading Programme: Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme . Urban Agenda Platform . 14 April 2022.