Mukuru kwa Njenga
Mukuru kwa Njenga is a slum in the East of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It belongs to Embakasi South Constituency, but it 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 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 two of Kenya's fine artists who have exhibited internationally. Adam Masava who is also a teacher who has taught local children art and they have participated and won in various fine arts competition including the Toyota arts project. U-Tena arts group has been making a change in Mukuru and have performed in multiple international events and in Kenya. Micato  safaris has been offering scholarships to needy children, supporting education to Mukuru residents through a free library and a free Computer Centre and a Water project. There are also organizations like SHOFCO which also try to improve the lives of Mukuru residents. Among other major slums in Nairobi are Korogocho, Kibera and Mathare. Living conditions. 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 improvement 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 electricity and up to twenty families might share a communal water tap and toilet latrine. Details. 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 Catholic Church. The Medical Missionary of Mary have a health center which serves the community. The Holy Ghost fathers have a big project  and a catholic Church. There have been cholera deaths in 2009. Mukuru kwa Njenga has Anglican churches. Residents of the slum were in fear of a mass eviction of more than 50,000 persons in 2002. Settlement profiling. 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. [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.] The Mukura settlements have been designated as a Special Planning Area (SPA) due to their unique planning challenges and opportunities. 2019 Population census on Mukuru