KENYA SLUM UPGRADING PROGRAMME

In 2003,the Kenyan Slum upgrading Programme which saw the upgrading of Kibera slum one of the biggest slums in Africa which has come to form part of a tourist attraction. The programme led to construction of well furnished houses that required that those moving into this houses pay only Ksh 1000 including Ksh 500 for electricity per month. This programme came as good news to many dwellers in the slums. This news also marked an end of such practices as flying toilets where individuals helped themselves in polythene papers and through them in the surroundings. Since the implementation of the programme many lives have changed and has helped to improve the lives of many in Kibera.
Thanks to the government and the UN-Habitat that entered into a memorandum of understanding on February 15,2003 to upgrade slums and informal settlements within the administrative boundaries of the Nairobi.

Location: KENYA, NAIROBI, KENYA