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JUST LEAVE THE SLUMS AS THEY ARE AND YOU WILL HAVE SOLVED THE SLUM PROBLEM IN KENYA by Patrick Kariuki
The article “Why Upgrading of Slums has flopped” by Martin Tairo Maseghe published in the Star on March 20 2012 refers. Prior to the last national Census, some lies had been peddled about the population of Kibera and over time they had become near truths. In proposals and documents, it had always been said that … Continue reading
Why Slum Upgrading has Flopped – Martin Tairo
The president recently launched another phase of Kibera slum upgrading project which entails the construction of 900 housing units, 230 business stalls, a nursery school, a social hall, a youth centre, three solid waste handling sheds, toilet blocks and a boundary wall. This massive project is supposed to improve lives of the current residents of … Continue reading
Watch where you build
Somewhere in Mlolongo on the outskirts of Nairobi, a major apartment block development is fast coming up only a stone-throw away from a recently completed bungalow. With hundreds of units envisaged, some of which have been sold on-plan, the housing development promises to be a major landmark in the area when completed. However, its completion … Continue reading
Kenyan property boom crumbling, warn analysts
Fraud, high mortgage interest rates, and the resultant inflated housing prices may soon burst the property bubble enjoyed by developers in the past 10 years. This alarming realisation comes in the wake of the recent demolitions of houses in Syokimau and Lang’ata over fraudulent land deals and the skyrocketing bank interest rates as a result … Continue reading
The Leaning Tower of Mombasa
The image on the above, sent to the newsroom last weekend by Mombasa-based photographer Gideon Maundu, was as shameful as it was provocative. Somewhere in the Spaki neighbourhood of Mombasa a building under construction had given up a corner of its foundation and leaned precariously on one side, endangering the lives of both construction workers … Continue reading
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