Kibera

Kibera is a slum in the south west of Nairobi, capital of Kenya. The name Kibera comes from kibra, which means as much as forest or jungle.

Location

Kibera occupies an area of 2.5 square kilometers, 7 km southwest of the City, which is divided into several seamless part of settlements: Kianda, Soweto (East and West), Gatwekera ( Gatuikira ), Kisumu Ndogo, Lindi, Laini Saba, Siranga / Undugu, Makina and Mashimoni. The railway line Nairobi - Kisumu leads across the tin roof settlement. In the north, a golf course adjacent to the slum.

Population

Founded in 1920 as a settlement of Nubian soldiers, Kibera was estimated over a million inhabitants for years as not only the largest slum in Nairobi, but also the whole of Africa. Recent studies have shown, however, that the actual population is far below the figures given by authorities. Doubt as to the high population exist by the fact that Kibera is limited to a few square kilometers.

The UN estimated in 2010 the total population of Kibera at 500,000 to 700,000 inhabitants and called population densities greater than 2,000 people per ha Kenya's Chief Statistician Dr. Collins Opiyo was in 2009 safely censuses that in Kibera some 200,000 people and not suspected a million live. According to a census of 2009 (The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census ), the population of Kibera was 170 070. Numbers around 200,000 ( 199959-205108 ) rendered the determination of the number of huts using satellite photographs and the inhabitants of a sample area. A summary of the various types of information to the population ( and possible reasons for this ) returns the Map Kibera Project.

The population is made up of different ethnic groups, mostly Kikuyu. The Kikuyu control since 1974 the administration. The among the Kikuyu in Kibera widespread Mungiki movement planned in the 2007 parliamentary elections the held since 1972 by Raila Odinga parliamentary seat in the constituency of Langata ( with the non Kibera the smaller suburbs of Karen and Lang'ata belong ) to conquer, what did not succeed.

The pollution caused by waste, wastewater and sewage is tremendously high, accordingly, the rate of illness caused thereby.

Supply

The UN Habitat has its headquarters and an annual budget of over 100 million U.S. dollars in the near Kibera. According to the Habitats Director Sharad Shankardass so far $ 500,000 has been spent on Kibera by the UN. Among other things, it has a precise study of the Soweto East district created. Here live on 2 acres of 71,000 people. Offers 15 rooms and 100 toilets. Most live six to seven family members in a three by three meter room with no windows, electricity and toilet. The UN has built a toilet with a toilet bowl, the use of four Kenyan Shilling ( four euro cents costs ). A 20 -liter water container costs in Kibera 3-20 ATS (3-20 euro cents), depending on the season.

Also in Kibera and elsewhere, one begins drinking water - at least partially - be disinfected by exposure in PET bottles of solar radiation.

Films

The film The Constant Gardener director Fernando Meirelles of Brazil from 2005 was filmed among others in Kibera. An impressive portrait of Kibera recorded Hawa Essuman with Soul Boy (2010).

Gallery

Waste on the railway embankment

Railway Nairobi - Kampala

Vermüllter drainage ditch

Medical Station with clipping

Toilet facility