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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 {{Nairobi-geo-stub