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Today, Kenya joins the world in celebrating the World Habitat Day whose theme is; voices from the slums.
While Kenya is ranked a middle income country, World Bank statistics show that 4 in every 10 Kenyans live below the poverty line (earning less than Sh85 per day). An estimated 30 per cent of Nairobi residents live in slums. Another 55 per cent of the urban population lives in informal settlements.
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