The Huruma informal settlement is situated in the Northeast quadrant of Nairobi, Kenya’s capital city and consists of six villages: Kambi Moto, Mahira, Redeemed, Ghetto, Gitathuru and Madoya. Huruma borders Kariobangi and Dandora to the East, Moi Air Base to the south, Mathare to the North and Eastleigh to the West.
Rural migrants to the city began constructing these settlements on land belonging to the Nairobi City Council approximately 28 years ago. The six villages occupy a total land area of 4.1 hectares (10.2 acres).
which has resulted in a very high density of 1630 people/hectare.
Huruma settlements is a 12 by 10 foot shack built with an iron sheet roof, mud & wattle walls and a mud floor. Like most informal settlements the basic services in Huruma like water, sewage, road access, and toilets are inadequate and sometimes non-existent.
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