Nairobi slum landowners reap from joint ventures

The Kangemi slum photos, the slum is now attracting gated communities developers through Joint Ventures hence transforming it from slums to gated communities. (PHOTO: COURTESY)

For a long time, ancestral land on Waiyaki Way in Nairobi belonging to residents of Kangemi who are mostly Kikuyus was not to be sold since culture forbade them from doing so.

The ones who had no financial muscle would just build iron sheet structures for rentals. Some would just plant crops on the land. However, a new wave is sweeping across the area, thanks to the realisation that selling land or doing joint ventures with developers to build modern gated residential units could change their fortunes.