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Mathare
Mathare is a collection of slums in Nairobi with a population of approximately 500,000 people; the population of Mathare Valley alone, the oldest of the slums that make up Mathare, is 180,000 people. Mathare is the home of football (soccer), football teams Mathare United and Real Mathare of the Mathare Youth Sports Association, MYSA. Mathare is currently part of two electoral constituencies; the titular Mathare Constituency (2013), Mathare Constituency and the northern part being in Ruaraka Constituency. The northern part was initially part of Kasarani Constituency up to the 2013 Kenyan general election, 2013 elections when Kasarani was split into three electoral constituencies; Ruaraka being among them. The southern part was domiciled in Starehe Constituency. Gang violence In 2006, Mathare was damaged by violence between rival gangs the Taliban (gang), Taliban (not to be confused with the Taliban, Islamist group of the same name), a Luo (Kenya and Tanzania), Luo group, and the Mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathare United
Mathare United Football Club is a professional association football, football club based in Nairobi, Kenya. The club competed in the Kenyan Premier League (the highest tier of the Kenyan football league system), but in 2023, the club was relegated to the second division, Kenyan National Super League, National Super League. Established in 1994, Mathare United won its first league title in the 2008 in Kenyan football, 2008 season. The team plays its home matches at the Moi International Sports Centre in Kasarani. Achievements *Kenyan Premier League: 1 :: 2008 *Kenyan President's Cup: 2 :: 1998, 2000 Performance in CAF competitions *CAF Champions League: 1 appearance ::CAF Champions League 2009, 2009 – Preliminary Round *CAF Cup: 1 appearance ::2002 – First Round *CAF Cup Winners' Cup: 2 appearances ::1999 – Second Round ::2001 – First Round Mathare Youth F.C. Mathare Youth F.C., Mathare Youth F.C. served as a feeder team for Mathare United until it was promoted to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathare Valley
Mathare Valley is a part of Mathare slum in Kenya. It is in the Nairobi area. Other informal settlements in the Nairobi area include Huruma, Kiambiu, Korogocho, Mukuru and Kibera. It has a high population density. It is a few kilometers from the centre of Nairobi. The Mathare River flows in the valley. Details The Mathare Valley is one of the oldest and used to be one of the worst slum areas in Nairobi. People live in 6 ft. x 8 ft. shanties made of old tin and mud. There are no beds, no electricity, and no running water. People sleep on pieces of cardboard on the dirt floors of the shanties. There are public toilets shared by up to 100 people and residents have to pay to use them. Those who cannot afford to pay must use the alleys and ditches between the shanties. "Flying toilets" are plastic bags used by the residents at night, then thrown into the Nairobi River, which is the source of the residents' water supply. Approximately 600,000 people live in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathare Youth Sports Association
file:Painted MYSA logo.jpg, MYSA logo Mathare Youth Sports Association (MYSA) is a sports development aid organization in Mathare, a collection of slums in Nairobi. In sports it focuses mainly on association football, and furthermore it is active in the field of community building.Prince Claus Fundprofile/ref> History and background MYSA was founded in 1987 by Canada, Canadian Bob Munro (1942-2025) who was an advisor at the time for the United Nations in Nairobi, for environmental policy, water resources management and sustainable development. In Mathare children led him to a football field that was covered with flinders and trash. With cleaning the field the first step was made for MYSA.Laureusprofile/ref>Play the Game/ref>Clan Munro Association/ref>Wekker, Tessa de (2010''MYSA of hoe een voetbalproject Afrikaanse kinderen een betere toekomst kan geven'' On August 22, 1987, a youth competition was started with 27 clubs, Lucky Strikers Vs. Gwangi was the 1st match to be played at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nairobi
Nairobi is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Kenya. The city lies in the south-central part of Kenya, at an elevation of . The name is derived from the Maasai language, Maasai phrase , which translates to 'place of cool waters', a reference to the Nairobi River which flows through the city. The city proper had a population of 4,397,073 in the 2019 census. Nairobi is home of the Parliament Buildings (Kenya), Kenyan Parliament Buildings and hosts thousands of Kenyan businesses and international companies and organisations, including the United Nations Environment Programme (UN Environment) and the United Nations Office at Nairobi (UNON). Nairobi is an established hub for business and culture. The Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) is one of the largest stock exchanges in Africa and the second-oldest exchange on the continent. It is Africa's fourth-largest stock exchange in terms of trading volume, capable of making 10 million trades a day. It also contains the Nairobi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathare Constituency (2013)
Mathare is a constituency in Nairobi. It is one of seventeen constituencies in Nairobi City County. It was created prior to the 2013 general election, when Starehe Constituency boundaries were revised. It is the smallest constituency in Nairobi with an area of . It borders Ruaraka Constituency to the north; Roysambu and Westlands constituencies to the northwest; Embakasi Central Constituency to the east; Kamukunji Constituency to the south; and Starehe Constituency to the west. It has six electoral wards namely; Hospital, Mabatini, Huruma, Ngei, Mlango Kubwa, and Kiamaiko. Mathare Sub-county The Sub-county shares the same boundaries with the constituency. The sub-county is headquartered in Mathare Mathare is a collection of slums in Nairobi with a population of approximately 500,000 people; the population of Mathare Valley alone, the oldest of the slums that make up Mathare, is 180,000 people. Mathare is the home of football (soccer), foot ... along Juja Road, headed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Taliban (gang)
The Taliban is a Kenyan criminal organization that has no connection to the Afghan Taliban other than its name. They belong to the Luo tribe and feel allegiance to Luo leader and multiple Kenyan presidential candidate Raila Odinga. Their leader is Joash Oluande, a born-again Christian. They recruit primarily from Mathare, Huruma, Baba Dogo, Kariobangi North and Kariobangi South quarters, slums of Nairobi. Their main opponents are the Mungiki of the Kikuyu tribe. History The Taliban emerged as an offshoot of the Baghdad Boys, the original grouping that was the Luo tribe's response to the Mungiki. The Baghdad Boys of Kisumu emerged in the early 1990s around the time of the Gulf War, which gives inference to the choice of name. They were frequently used as a militia in Kenya's first general elections after the introduction of the multiparty system, in 1992 and 1997. The group, most recently active in the Nairobi slums of Mathare and Ruaraka, later broke up into several factions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mungiki
Mungiki is a banned ethnic organisation in Kenya. The name (''mũngĩkĩ'', ) means "a united people" or "multitude" in the Kikuyu language. The religion, which apparently originated in the late 1980s, is secretive and bears some similarity to mystery religions. Specifics of their origin and doctrines are unclear. However, the supposed doctrine of Mungiki incorporates elements of traditional Kikuyu customs and values, promoting a return to African spirituality, communal living, and resistance against post-colonial influences. They reject Westernisation and all things that they believe to be trappings of colonialism, including Christianity. The ideology of the group is characterised by revolutionary rhetoric, Kikuyu traditions, and a disdain for Kenyan modernisation, which is seen as moral corruption. Mungiki is often referred to as Kenya’s Cosa Nostra, yakuza, or Kenyan mafia due to its organizational system. They have been newsworthy for associations with ethnic violence and anti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kibera
Kibera (Kinubi language, Kinubi: ''Forest'' or ''Jungle'') is a division and neighbourhood of Nairobi, Kenya, from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and also the largest urban slum in all of Africa. The 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census reports Kibera's population as 170,070, contrary to previous estimates of one or two million people. Other sources suggest the total Kibera population may be 500,000 to well over 1,000,000 depending on which slums are included in defining Kibera. In 2009, a survey conducted by the French Institute for Research in Africa found that the average Kibera slum resident lives in extreme poverty, earning less than US$2 per day. Unemployment rates are high. 12% of the population are living with HIV. Cases of assault and rape are common. There are few schools, and most people cannot afford education for their children. Clean water is scarce. Diseases caused by poor hygiene are prevalent. A great majority living in the slum l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasarani Constituency
Kasarani Constituency is an electoral constituency in Nairobi. It is one of seventeen constituencies of Nairobi City County. The entire constituency is located within Nairobi City County. It has an area of , making it the second-largest constituency in Nairobi after Lang'ata. It borders Ruaraka, Embakasi Central, Embakasi North, Embakasi East, Roysambu constituencies to the west; Ruiru constituency to the north; Matungulu constituency to the east and Mavoko constituency to the south-east. Kasarani Constituency forms part of two sub-counties; Kasarani Sub-county and Njiru Sub-county. History The constituency was known as Nairobi Northeast Constituency at the 1963 elections and as Mathare Constituency from 1966 elections to 1994 by-elections. Up until the 2007 elections it has been known as Kasarani Constituency. Prior to the 2013 general election, Kasarani was divided into four constituencies: Kasarani, Roysambu Constituency, Ruaraka Constituency, and part of Emba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starehe Constituency
Starehe is an electoral constituency in Kenya. It is one of seventeen constituencies in Nairobi City County, consisting of central and central to north areas of Nairobi. The constituency was established for the 1966 elections, with an area of . It borders Westlands Constituency Westlands is an electoral constituency in Kenya Kenya, officially the Republic of Kenya, is a country located in East Africa. With an estimated population of more than 52.4 million as of mid-2024, Kenya is the 27th-most-populous cou ... to the north; Mathare Constituency to the northeast; Kamukunji and Makadara constituencies to the east; Embakasi South Constituency to the south; Dagoretti North, Kibra and Lang'ata constituencies to the west. Members of Parliament Electoral wards Following the 2013 election, Starehe six electoral wards are Nairobi Central, Ngara, Pangani, Landimawe, South B and Ziwani/ Kariokor. Starehe Sub-county The Sub-county partly shares the same bounda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiambiu
Kiambiu (sometimes spelled as ''Kiambio'') is a slum in Nairobi, Kenya with 40–50,000 residents. Kiambiu is 4 kilometers east of the center of Nairobi. Its name comes from the Swahili word ''"mbiu-mbiu"'', which translates as ''"to be on the run"''. Kiambiu slum borders the Moi Air Base (Eastleigh Airport). Of all slums in Nairobi, Kiambiu is the most recently established with a greater accessibility in pathways, drinking water resources and waste handling; these are major challenges to most slums in Kenya. Slum upgrading is underway under a conglomeration of sector players in the informal settlement. It is viewed that basic needs such as water provision, sanitary waste management and access roads will be provided in the next five to seven years. A local NGO called "Maji na Ufanisi" ("Water and Development") in liaison with local and bilateral development partners is actively involved in formulation of solutions and development of strategies to improve lives of the inhabit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kawangware
Kawangware () is a low income residential area in Nairobi, Kenya, about 15 km west of the city centre, between Lavington and Dagoretti. Description According to the 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census, Kawangware's population was 133,286 people at this time. It is estimated that 65% of the population are children and youths. Most inhabitants live on less than $2 (although they earn in shillings) a day and unemployment is high; many are self-employed traders. There is a diversity of ethnic backgrounds. Kawangware slum has more posho mills than bars, making it an ‘ugali nation’ for its over 130,000 mouths whose palates, unlike those of other Nairobians, have no time for supermarket ''unga'', the grade-one sifted maize meal favoured by middle-class stomachs. Kawangware has a scarcity of safe drinking water. Water supplied by the city authority is not available every day or it's otherwise expensive. There are waterborne diseases, respiratory pneumonia, and malaria as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
