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Hand washing stations in Nairobi’s biggest dumpsite officially launched to tackle COVID-19 pandemic Format Nairobi, 1 March 2021 – UN-Habitat and its counterpart agencies launched handwashing stations in Dandora dumpsite where more than 3,000 waste pickers are working, and hundreds of thousands of urban poor are living around. The launch was organized together with the Kenya Alliance of Residents Association (KARA) inviting the Embassy of Japan in Kenya as the donor of this entire project i...

Life in Crime: I Pulled a Gun on a Pregnant Woman and Felt Remorse For the First Time Fredrick Njoroge is a reformed criminal and founder of ‘Piga Look Initiative’ in Mukuru Viwandani slums. He spoke to t he Nairobian about his life in crime, battle with drug addiction, and the incident that gave him a new lease of life. Where did all this start? I was born and raised in Mukuru Viwandani slums where we were surrounded by hardships and frustrations. My parents were unable to provide basic n...

Mercy Wanjiru chosen to challenge the tainted reputation of Dandora by turning a neglected waste land into a safe space for children

THE STANDARD By Anyango Otieno | March 8th 2021 at 09:00:00 GMT +0300 Mercy Wanjiru, founder Brother Sister Lover Organization. She has created a safe space for children in Dandora Phase II where they can learn, get mentorship and feel safe. Dandora is full of human endeavour and misfortune in equal measure, young people specifically, are at high risk of coming to a violent end. Several success stories of residents doing goodwill projects to change the tainted reputation of Dandora have been...

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Moses Kuria Writes to Uhuru Over Rutos Planned Visit  28 February 2021 - 7:50 am Deputy President William Ruto (left) with Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria at a private wedding at Greens Golf Resort, Thika on Friday, November 29, 2019. Facebook Gatundu South Member of Parliament Moses Kuria pleaded with President Uhuru Kenyatta over an alleged plot to disrupt DP William Rutos planned visit to Mt Kenya. Kuria, in a long post directed to the President, claimed that goons had been hired to pluck camp...

“I lived pretty close to the dump (site), walking distance, three minutes. So it was really, really close. And the stench, it’s unbearable. We just played football next to it. We used plastic bags from the garbage to make a football,” he recalls. “A lot of families live with less than a dollar a day. So the only thing was football or crime. I got lucky because I stuck to football.” Omollo was one of Kenya’s standout players at the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt. He scored a goa...

THE STANDARD NAIROBI President Uhuru Kenyatta is welcomed by Ushirika Primary School Headteacher Susan Kondo on Friday at the opening of Ushirika New Hospital in Dandora. [Boniface Okendo, Standard] Nairobi residents living in informal settlements will now access water from boreholes free of charge. President Uhuru Kenyatta has directed the Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) and Athi Water Works Development Agency to ensure that residents have access to water at the 193 recently sunk boreh...

The ambitious Okoa Abiria programme launched by the National Youth Service (NYS) in 2018 to offer affordable commuter bus service in Nairobi has been suspended. Public Service Principal Secretary Mary Kimonye confirmed the development when she appeared before the National Assembly Public Accounts

Kayole residents pledge to support BBI bill President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged Kenyans to back the Building Bridges Initiatives (BBI), saying it will increase the amount of development resources devolved to the grassroots. Speaking on Friday when he toured Kayole and Dandora to launch health and water projects implemented by the Nairobi Metropolitan Service (NMS), President Kenyatta specifically encouraged Nairobi residents to support BBI as it is set to address most of the problems facing them...