Muirigo
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Muirigo is a slum
in Kenya
. A Muirigo Primary School exists. Muirigo belongs to Kasarani
.
Other informal settlements in the Nairobi area include Huruma
, Kiambiu
, Korogocho
, Mukuru
and Kibera
.
Slum
A slum, as defined by United Nations agency UN-HABITAT, is a run-down area of a city characterized by substandard housing and squalor and lacking in tenure security. According to the United Nations, the percentage of urban dwellers living in slums decreased from 47 percent to 37 percent in the...
in Kenya
Kenya
Kenya , officially known as the Republic of Kenya, is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator, with the Indian Ocean to its south-east...
. A Muirigo Primary School exists. Muirigo belongs to Kasarani
Kasarani
Kasarani is a residential area in Nairobi Kenya. It is in the Eastern part of Nairobi, about 10 km from the city centre along Thika Road. It is thought that the name Kasarani originated from a river that flows through the area which has the Kikuyu name Gathara-ini River...
.
Other informal settlements in the Nairobi area include Huruma
Huruma
Huruma Estate is a residential estate located in the northeast of Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It borders Kariobangi and Dandora to the East, Moi Air Base to the south, Mathare to the North and Eastleigh to the West.- Notable residents :...
, Kiambiu
Kiambiu
Kiambiu is a slum in Nairobi, Kenya with 40-50,000 residents. Kiambiu is located 4 kilometers East of the center of Nairobi...
, Korogocho
Korogocho
Korogocho is one of the largest slum neighbourhoods of Nairobi, Kenya. Home to 150,000 to 200,000 people pressed into a 1.5 square kilometres, northeast of the city centre, Korogocho was founded as a shanty town on the then outskirts of the city. In 2009 it was estimated to be the fourth largest...
, Mukuru
Mukuru
Mukuru is the god worshipped by the Himba people of Namibia. Mukuru is an omnipotent deity. The deceased ancestors of the Himba are subservient to him.More strictly, Mukuru is not exactly "the Lord, the Divinity" but the link for man with him....
and Kibera
Kibera
Kibera is a division of Nairobi Area, Kenya, and neighbourhood of the city of Nairobi, located from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the second largest urban slum in Africa...
.