Huruma is a low-income residential estate located in the northeast of
Nairobi, the capital of Kenya. It borders
Kariobangi and
Dandora to the east,
Moi Air Base to the south,
Mathare
Mathare is a collection of slums in Nairobi with a population of approximately 500,000 people; the population of Mathare Valley alone, the oldest of the slums that make up Mathare, is 180,000 people. Mathare is the home of football teams Mathare U ...
to the north to west and
Eastleigh to the southwest.
In April 2016, during Kenya's rainy season, a building collapse in Huruma resulted in the deaths of 52 people. The building's owner, Samuel Karanja Kamau, was charged with manslaughter.
Notable residents
* George Hussein Onyango Obama - half-brother of US President with his nephew Ali Abubakar Otieno
Barack Obama
References
External links
* Baliga, Nisha. (2005)
Community Based Upgrading and Tenure Regularization: Insights from Nairobi, Kenya Masters Thesis, Masters of Science in Urban Planning, Columbia University.
* G21 DAY ONE -
Populated places in Kenya
Suburbs of Nairobi
Slums in Kenya
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