Rapid Mapping of Areas Marked for Demolitions

Principal Secretary Ministry of Water and Sanitation, Joseph Irungu, announced that the Kenyan Government was gearing up to implement the second phase of a land repossession and demolitions exercise in six areas in Nairobi in an effort to expand water and sewerage projects in Nairobi. The six areas outlined in the announcement have been identified as a health hazard across Nairobi County. The announcement comes just a month after the Kariobangi Sewage Slum Estate demolitions that left more than 5,000 families homeless amid the COVID-19 crisis. The Ministry of Water insists that if the city is to become habitable for its growing population, reclamation of the Kariobangi land is necessary. The Ministry plans to use the land to construct reservoirs to hold water from the Northern Water Collector Tunnel with the aim of improving the sanitation status in Nairobi from 60 to 100 percent.

This StoryMap was created by Pamoja Trusts and Cadasta Foundation to outline the areas and estimated number of people that will be affected by the planned demolitions.

More than 71,000 people could be affected by evictions in 6 areas of Nairobi.

Click the "legend" icon on the bottom left corner of the map to see what each of the colors represent

Pamoja Trust partnered with Cadasta Foundation providing a list of six locations which are planned to be demolished. Cadasta used geospatial technology to perform analysis, mapping-out the six locations and estimating the residential areas which could be affected. Through this spatial analysis, Cadasta created maps of each of the six locations and identified at-risk residential areas falling within 100, 200 and 500 meters from the planned demolition locations - classified as Extreme Risk (100 m), High Risk (200 m), and Medium Risk (500 m). Cadasta used publicly available information from  Facebook  and  The Humanitarian Data Exchange  to estimate how many people live in those areas and therefore face the threat of eviction.

• Kariobangi Sewage Plant
• Dandora Estate Sewage Treatment Works (Ruai)
• Kabete Treatment Works and Reservoir
• Outer Ring Tower
• Kikuyu Springs
• Sewage Treatment Plant (Kibera)

More than 1,300 people could be affected

More than 9,000 people could be affected

More than 9,400 people could be affected

More than 12,500 people could be affected

More than 35,00 people could be affected

More than 2,500 people could be affected