Author Archives: Steve Banner

On the fist and second days of open mapping schools updates, we concentrated on Raila and Kianda villages of Kibera. In Raila village, the enumerators visited Wells of life school, Tumaini Centre, West hills, Cromi Academy, St Christine, St Stephen … Continue reading →

Up to 3,200 waste bins have been installed in Mukuru Kwa Ruben slum, and are currently in use, serving over 7000 households and businesses’ Youth volunteers from Mukuru Oasis Youth group have been put in charge of taking care of … Continue reading →

It’s been an experience conducting survey on the use of internet in Silanga village in Kibera.Silanga in considered a controlled area (a village with no lighting and no internet). Residents say that they have lived here for almost three months … Continue reading →

After weeks of conducting surveys in the villages of Soweto West, parts of Gatwekera Village, Makina and Kianda. Kibera Town Centre, who are part of a joint project funded by Livelihood Impact Fund, that also include Map Kibera Trust who … Continue reading →

Young people from Kibera, and it’s environs came together to protest over what they called ‘Neglect of the Woodley grounds’ by the county government. (Picture By Denis Ndolo) This comes months after the Nairobi Governor Johnstone Sakaja did a groundbreaking … Continue reading →

Map Kibera, together with Livelihood Impact Fund, have concluded the first phase of the phone call follow-up on first respondents of the Security Lighting Impact survey, that took place in Gatwekera, Kianda and Soweto villages of Kibera.The experience has been … Continue reading →

Following the government’s announcement on Monday 24th June 2024, that they had allowed demonstrations to go on as long as they were peaceful, orderly and with no property destruction, several Kenyans went to the streets to protest the passing of … Continue reading →

Kibera residents have come out in large numbers to join in on the ongoing protests against the finance bill 2024. The youths, drawn from different parts of Kibera, met at Olympic village this morning and made their way to the … Continue reading →

Mapping different villages in Kibera comes with different experiences, Soweto east village in the far east end of Kibera have the most insecure residents, having witnessed massive demolitions from the halted slum upgrading program. Any government or NGO activity in … Continue reading →

Kibera residents living along the dam-line in Silanga village of Kibera are living in fear of pending evictions, after they were notified to move away from the swampy land along the Nairobi dam.Most of them have lived here all their … Continue reading →