700 Nairobi slum residents get subsidised housing

Families from Soweto in Kibera will move into new upgraded houses. PHOTO: EDWARD KIPLIMO.

NAIROBI: Some 700 families in Nairobi's Kibera slum have benefited from subsidised housing under the ongoing slum-upgrading project.

The families from Soweto in Kibera, Nairobi were yesterday allocated two and three-bedroom houses through a ballot system that was overseen by the Kenya National Human Rights Commission (KNHRC).