Opinion
Kibera: It’s rich city folks who need slums most
Posted Wednesday, July 8 2009 at 20:37
Without them, perhaps there would have been a second Mau Mau uprising.
One could argue that the slums also explain why Nairobi is the biggest city in East Africa and has the region’s largest and richest middle class — because it also has the largest number of slums and slum population to subsidise it.
cobbo@nation.co.ke
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Submitted by wahinya michaelPosted July 12, 2009 01:33 AM
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Submitted by Moorni
Obbo and a bout other east african c
Posted July 11, 2009 05:52 PM -
Submitted by muthinja1
coldcase, you are mediocre itself here. Mr. Obbo is right, without the need for cheap (call it oppresive) labor, slums would have no place near or in any city. Yes, it is the rich and middle class who benefit from the poverty and awful living conditions of the slumdwellers. And, they will go to any lengths to keep them there; look at the meagre wages they pay to ensure they never rise! call it a necessary evil, but remember the evil side is the rich.
Posted July 11, 2009 04:06 PM -
Submitted by rmuchira
something worth thinking about. I have to admit I have never looked at it this way. This makes a quite interesting perspective.
Posted July 11, 2009 01:48 PM -
Submitted by mabawa
This article has a stench similar to the slums ....takataka kabisa
Posted July 11, 2009 09:25 AM
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What have the goverment done to improve the slums which are represented by members of parliament.Where does the money go allocated to that constituency.Leaders must be held accountable.The people who live in slums have no choice as they are factory workers who are poorly paid or work else where earning 100/= a day.What can you by with 500 shillings today?Yet the MPs continue to raise their salaries and have forgotten other people in slums.