University of Eastern Africa, Baraton (UEAB) took a historical milstone on April 17, 2011 by launching the new extension campus in Nairobi.
Early morning at about 4:00 AM we left Baraton to attend the opening ceremony of UEAB Nairobi campus. The program started at around 10:00 AM and finished at around 12:00 noon. After the opening ceremony, I joined the Business School faculty and staff to promote our business programs to the audience who attended the program.
The following pictures are from our new Nairobi campus.
Wazuri Kibera means good people from Kibera. Despite all negative image portrayed about Kibera, we discovered Kibera was not as bad as what we read or heard from others.We visited Kibera last Saturday April 2, 2011, made new friends, and found out they are good people. We enjoyed the walk along the narrow path among their shacks.
Kibera is the most famous in Kenya.
A visit to Kibera is a must, even for
Ban Ki-Moon and senator Barack Obama
There are approx 2.5 million slum dwellers in about 200 settlements in Nairobi representing 60% of the Nairobi population, occupying just 6% of the land. Kibera houses almost 1 Million of these people. Kibera is the biggest slum in Africa and one of the biggest in the world.
All
the people are African. The original settlers were the Nubian people from the
Kenyan/Sudanese border – they now occupy about 15% of Kibera, are mostly Muslim
and are also mostly shack owners. The other shack owners are mostly Kikuyu (the
majority tribe in Nairobi) – although in most cases they do not live there but
are absentee landlords. The majority of the tenants are Luo, Luhya and some
Kamba – these people are from the west of Kenya. There are many tensions in
Kibera, particularly tribal tensions between the Luo & Kikuyu, but also
between landlord and tenant and those with and without jobs.(http://kibera.org.uk/Facts.html)
The following pictures are from our trip to Kibera.
They are diligent and be able to make money out of junk
Our new friend from Kibera
60% Nairobi population are from Kibera occupied 6% of the land
