Methods This six-site study was conducted in Nairobi’s urban slum Mathare; Naivasha’s flower farming community; Kisumu’s fishing community; Isiolo’s nomadic and pastoralist community; Kilifi’s coastal ...

Ahead of the announcement, security was stepped up in flashpoint areas in the west, as well as in Nairobi's Mathare slum and its central business district and in the coastal city of Mombasa, a senior ...

The man lived a few meters from the bank of Mathare River that spilled over days ago. Bulldozers descended on the neighbourhood, flattening structures in a forced eviction initiative the state has ...

Dozens of families are homeless. And now, the government says it’s stepping in. Days after a deadly fire tore through the Mathare 4B estate in Nairobi, Cabinet Secretary for Public Service Geoffrey ...

The visit came as part of the government’s emergency response to the tragedy. Accompanied by Mathare MP Anthony Oluoch, the Cabinet Secretary also distributed emergency food supplies and basic ...

Five people have been confirmed dead and scores of others injured in a fire incident that occurred early Monday morning in the Mathare B slums of Nairobi. According to reports, the five include three ...

Police and locals said four other people are nursing serious wounds following the fire incident in Mathare B. Dozens of other people were left homeless in the incident that broke out at about 2 am ...

The bodies were moved to the mortuary pending autopsy. At least five people, including two children, lost their lives early Monday morning when a devastating fire swept through the Mathare B ...

NAIROBI, Kenya, May 19 – Five people, including two children, have died in a fire that swept through part of Mathare in the early hours of Monday morning. The fire also destroyed eight homes and two ...

MATHARE, Kenya (AP) — Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, snatching phones, mugging people and battling police. But when Kariaga’s ...

In the heart of Mathare, one of Nairobi's largest and toughest slums, a remarkable transformation is taking place. Joseph Kariaga and his companions, once ensnared in a life of crime, have swapped ...

Now they tackle food insecurity in Kenya’s shantytowns Joseph Kariaga who once lived the “gangster life” speaks during an interview with the associated press in the Mathare informal settlement of the ...