Why thousands of Kibera residents stare at a looming mass eviction

Second phase of the road being constructed by Japanese cuts through Kibera slums, Nairobi. Residents. Fear that demolition of structures on the road reserve to pay way for construction of Langata to Ngong road Southern bypass may render them homeless [Edward Kiplimo,Standard]

As a life skills workshop went on at the Kibera Youth Arise and Change Centre next to the DC’s office in Nairobi, on a hot afternoon, graders and trucks roared spewing clouds of red dust.

Outside, construction was going on. A new tarmac inched closer to the centre every minute. Yellow beacons placed inside the property served as a reminder that the centre which also hosts a school was constructed on government land.