Sh1.8 billion needed to save Kibera, Mathare, Mukuru slums from effects of flooding

Mukuru Kayaba. About 200,000 people living near rivers in Nairobi are in danger of suffering the severe effects of flooding. [File, Standard]

The Government needs Sh1.8 billion to move about 200,000 people living along rivers in the slums of Kibera, Mathare, and Mukuru to save them from effects of flooding.

Research by the University of Nairobi’s African Collaborative Centre for Earth Sciences has recommended that the people be moved 30 metres away from the riparian buffer zone.