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Know Your City is a global campaign of Slum Dwellers International (SDI), United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG-A), and Cities Alliance. Around the world, slum dwellers collect city-wide data and information on informal settlements. This work creates alternative systems of knowledge that are owned by the communities and have become the basis of a unique social and political argument that supports an informed and united voice of the urban poor. SDI’s databases are becoming the largest repositories of informal settlement data in the world and the first port of call for researchers, policy makers, local governments and national governments.

Kenya View Country Profile

Settlement

GOT OWAK

Established: 1970

OWAK CAME FROM SAKWA, BONDO TO COME AND SETTLE HERE. HE WAS GIVEN A PLACE TO STAY ,…

Kenya

Kisumu

Settlement

Grogan B

Established: 1975

The residents were evicted from Grogon in town since their was a plan to construct the place ,so…

Kenya

Nairobi

Settlement

Gurumuki

Established: 2003

Kenya

Nakuru

Settlement

HAZINA SOKONI

Established: 1999

THIS PLACE WAS GIVEN BY MUNICIPALITY FOR THE WOMAN AS A MARKET TO DO THEIR SMALL BUSINESS.IN THE…

Kenya

Nairobi

Settlement

HAZINA VILLAGE

Established: 1992

THE SETTLEMENT WAS STARED IN THE YEAR 1992 BY THE PEOPLE WHERE MOVED FROM KAYABA DUE OF POPULATION.THE…

Kenya

Nairobi

Settlement

HIGHRIDGE

Established: 1968

RESIDENTS ARE EVICTEES FROM HIGHRIDGE ESTATE BUT WERE RESETTLED HERE BY THE GOVERNMENT

Kenya

Nairobi

Settlement

Huruma - Amani

Established: 2007

The residents were the people who were affected by the 2007 post eelectiion violence.they moved from turbo in…

Kenya

Naivasha

Settlement

Huruma Village

Established: 1999

This settlement was established by the year 1999 by the people who were workers of the ADC which…

Kenya

Naivasha

Settlement

Iluluini

Established: 1999

This settlement was established to suppliment people who had no land and stayed together in grass thatched slums…

Kenya

Makueni

Settlement

JAM CITY

Established: 1905

IT WAS STARTED IN THE YEAR 1992 BY MZEE WERE UMACHI WHO WAS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE RAILWAY…

Kenya

Athiriver

Settlement

JAMAICA

Established: 1970

THE SETTLEMENT WAS STARTED WITH A WOMAN WHO WAS KNOWN AS NYANG'IRO SHE SETTLED THERE IN 1970'S AND…

Kenya

Nairobi

Settlement

jamaica

Established: 1976

In the late 70 's jamaica was a dumping site and as population increased the chair person at…

Kenya

Nairobi

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