IRIN - Slum Survivors - Part 5

Worldwide, more than a billion people live in slums. As many as one million of them in the Kenyan slum of Kibera. Slum Survivors tells the stories of a few of them and charts their remarkable courage in the face of extreme poverty.

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[MarillionDeVoid]

@wilnnlights Sure he did a great thing to help many people better their lives in trying to educate themselves and get out of the slums... However since no good deed goes un-punished, that very same community of people he was trying to better thanked him by "randomly" killing him July 29 2009.

[interracialafrica]

Let's not forget that the so called Kenyan 'government' is directly responsible for these problems thanks to their selfish corrupt behaviour. If they had any conscience, they would invest in health care and education instead of abusing the state for their own personal wealth. Botswana and Ghana are improving because their leadership is democratic and is trying to improve their performance for their citizens.

[FillePelt]

Thank you. It is an eye opener.

May god bless this sick sick world of ours

[musyokat]

During the recent electoral crisis in Kenya, it really saddened me that many Kenyans were shocked by the brutality of the violence. The urban poor feel that their fellow citizens ignore him, and that the government ignores them.

What is to stop them rioting, burning , looting e.t.c.

Kenya cannot be a stable society if this issue of poverty is not addressed.

[wilnnlights]

This is one of those kenyans doing a great job outhea,,keep it up men,,yu doin gud,service to humanity is service to God.hope its safe down thea now,,i believ yu don care raila or kibaki but peace aint it,,

best o luck.