Mukuru Kwa Njenga Social Affordable Housing Project Stories

Court cases push affordable housing completion to April 2025, says Lands CS Wahome
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 17, 2024

As of now, 500,000 Kenyans have expressed their desire to occupy the first phase of the affordable housing units.

Residents of city slums urge Sakaja to station firefighters in their neighbourhoods
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 13, 2024

Currently, Nairobi County is grappling with a surge in fire incidents, having recorded more than 200 cases in one year.

How Mukuru rights group uses murals to protest against bad governance
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 03, 2024

In their activism call, the group believes that Kenya is still operating like a neo-colonial state.

Kware killings: Mukuru grassroots rights lobby faults Kenyan media, Church
Barack Oduor  |  Nov 14, 2024

The lobby group said the Church could have been at the forefront of offering counselling services or other psychosocial support but this did not happe...

Mukuru youths who helped retrieve Kware bodies plead for psychosocial support
Barack Oduor  |  Nov 14, 2024

In August, the police reported that the main suspect in the killings, Collins Jumaisi, escaped from police custody.

Victims of Mukuru Kwa Njenga slum fire appeal for help from Sakaja
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 19, 2024

Kingsley Odhiambo, a village elder, said the affected families are desperate for help as all their belongings were destroyed.

Fire in Mukuru Kwa Njenga slum kills three children, leaves scores homeless
Barack Oduor  |  Sep 17, 2024

Residents blamed the Nairobi City County government for failing to reach the scene to put out the fire that burnt until morning.

Nairobi's dental care services get a boost as City Hall upgrades county health facilities
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 10, 2024

The improvements, which include the installation of new dental units, aim to provide better healthcare services for the community, especially in under...

Kware bodies: Two suspects found with victim's mobile phone detained in probe into killings
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jul 16, 2024

One suspect was arrested at the City Cabanas Stage along Mombasa Road after he was allegedly found with one of the slain women - Roslyne Akoth's mobil...

Lobby groups call for action against police as five more bodies are retrieved from Embakasi quarry
Joseph Ndunda  |  Jul 13, 2024

The dismembered bodies were all found wrapped in bags and stashed in sacks of assorted colours and tied with cords before being dumped into the garbag...

DCI probing discovery of bodies in quarry at Mukuru Kwa Njenga
Charity Kilei  |  Jul 12, 2024

The DCI has urged the public to cooperate with authorities as they conduct the investigation.

Shock as bodies concealed in sacks found in Mukuru Kwa Njenga
Barack Oduor  |  Jul 12, 2024

The discovery of the bodies emerges at a time when cases of abduction and disappearances are being recorded following the countrywide protests against...

Daudi Anami: Bold activist fighting for rights of Mukuru residents
Barack Oduor  |  Jun 11, 2024

During the recent demolition of houses said to be on riparian land, Daudi and others agitated for a dignified handling of the situation.

Menstrual Hygiene Day: Girls from Mukuru, other slums to get new sanitary facilities
Barack Oduor  |  May 28, 2024

Mukuru Kwa Njenga Primary School in the Mukuru slum is one of the beneficiaries of the project announced by Education Principal Secretary Belio Kipsan...

Kindiki: State to hire youths to plant trees on reclaimed riparian land in Nairobi
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 24, 2024

Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kithure Kindiki, said on Friday that the youths will be paid for their labour. 

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