page_title: Mukuru kwa Njenga
hierarchical_section_title: Mukuru kwa Njenga
caption_attribution_description: &quot;Cash for work&quot; projects in Mukuru Photo: Linda Ogwell/Oxfam. Find out more at: &lt;a href="http://oxf.am/oUP" rel="nofollow"&gt;oxf.am/oUP&lt;/a&gt;
context_page_description: Mukuru kwa Njenga is a slum in the East of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It belongs to Embakasi south Constituency, but 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 and the North Airport Road and mombasa road. Mukuru has villages: Mukuru kwa Reuben, Mukuru kwa Njenga, Sinai, Paradise, Jamaica, Kingstone, Mariguini, Fuata Nyayo and Kayaba. The population of the slum exceeds 100,000.
  Kenyan international footballer Patrick Oboya was born in Mukuru kwa Njenga. 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 and Adam Masava are one of the Kenya fine artists who have exhibited all over the world. Adam Masava has raised kids who have participated and won in various fine arts competition including Toyota arts project. U-Tena arts group has been making a change in Mukuru and have gotten to perform in multiple events all over the world and in Kenya.
context_section_description: Mukuru kwa Njenga is a slum in the East of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It belongs to Embakasi south Constituency, but 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 and the North Airport Road and mombasa road. Mukuru has villages: Mukuru kwa Reuben, Mukuru kwa Njenga, Sinai, Paradise, Jamaica, Kingstone, Mariguini, Fuata Nyayo and Kayaba. The population of the slum exceeds 100,000.
  Kenyan international footballer Patrick Oboya was born in Mukuru kwa Njenga. 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 and Adam Masava are one of the Kenya fine artists who have exhibited all over the world. Adam Masava has raised kids who have participated and won in various fine arts competition including Toyota arts project. U-Tena arts group has been making a change in Mukuru and have gotten to perform in multiple events all over the world and in Kenya.
  Micato safaris has also been touching hearts of Mukuru kwa Njenga residents by offering scholarships to needy children, built a library for students within Mukuru, Water project and many more projects.We also have organisations like SHOFCO which also try to improve the lives of mukuru residents.
  Among other major slums in Nairobi are Korogocho, Kibera and Mathare.
caption: An Oxfam funded drain cleaning project in Mukuru.
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