Wazuri Kibera

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

One of our 8 SDA churches - watuwazuri Kibera

My wife took a snapshot on Obama kiosk

On our best dress

Typical Kibera boulevard

charcoal vendor

Railroad along the Kibera avenue