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Addiction that kills

Life

Relief for Dagoretti

North constituents
as MP launches
Close to 100 people lost their lives from consupinsurance cover
tion of illicit brews as scores have lost their eye
sights. NACADA now reports that most of the
alcohol produced in the East Africa is cunsumed in Kenya.

By Abraham Olang & David Otieno

At least 94 people have lost their lives and dozens lost
their eye sights after the consumption of illicit brew across the
nation in recent months according to the governments statistic.
Informal settlements are normally associated
with all sorts of activities, since its an environment
crowded by unemployed people with poor living conditions that fosters the rise of social evils amongst them.
Theft, rape and domestic violence are among many other
social evils that occur on daily basis in these informal settlements.
Non-governmental
organizations,
parastatals
and different government institutions have researched
and came up with all kinds of results on drug or substance abused in the informal settlements in Nairobi.
According to a report compiled by Richard Kipkemboi Chesang released by the International Journal of Scientific & Technology Research on June 2013 titled Drug
Abuse Among Youths in Kenya the causes of drug abuse
are: peer influence, mass media and advertising companies,
family related factor, accessibility and affordability, psychiatric factors, psychological factors and unemployment.
National agency for the campaign against Drug abuse
(NACADA) in 2004 did a survey on alcohol and drug substance used by young people below the age of 25, revealed
that the most common drug used in informal settlements were:
tobacco, alcohol, marijuana/bhang, khat and inhalants like
glue that is very common among street children and families.
Drugs are said to have been experimented for
various reasons, learners are said to be trying drugs
out of curiosity, for fun or because friends are doing it.

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By Erick Okwama

Death is inevitable, but a partnership between Queens Simba Care Foundation and CIC Insurance Company is offering to
take the financial sting out of it with uneral insurance coverage.
Dagoretti North constituents; who are residents of Kawangware, Rurita and Sego, among other slums; will be able to
buy Ksh 100,000 from Simba Care to cover funeral expenses when they occur either for themselves or for loved ones.
This is the second effort by the companies to provide the
service. The Queens Simba Care Foundation was founded in
2013 by current Member of Parliament Paul Simba Arati. But
the partnership didnt materialize at that time because Simba and
then-partner CFC Insurance could not agree on several issues.
But Simba has now signed a memorandum of understanding with CIC to offer the insurance. It is not necessary
for the covered persons to live in Dagoretti North. Registered
voters living outside the constituency can purchase policies.
We already have 5,000 people registered in the scheme and there
is no restriction on wherever part of Nairobi you stay as the already
registered members 3,000 are genuine Dagoretti North voters who reside outside the constituency, said Simba Arati while addressing the
constituents at the launch in Lovington Primary School in Lovington.
The Member of Parliament also said that the program was to empower his constituents get rid of over dependency. We are aiming at empowering people to help themselves in order to alleviate the dependency syndrome, he said.
While officially launching the policy, CIC Insurance Company Director Nelson Kuria urged the constituents to join the cover. He dispelled the notion that insurance companies are not credible saying that the CIC Insurance Company conforms and operates
within the laws regulating the insurance companies in Kenya.
I know many people have always had a negative attitude
towards the insurance companies but I want to assure you that the
CIC Insurance Company is a very credible and absolutely confirms
with the regulation of the insurance companies said Mr. Kuria.
Joel Bundi, a 57-year-old security guard in Nairobi and a resident of Kawangware ward, said that the cover came in handy at a
time when he had lost his mother who then lived in their rural home.
This policy came in handy to me when I lost
my mother, I was given Ksh. 100,000 as compensation to carter for the funeral expenses, Bundi said.
I was given the money just five days after my mother had
died with no complaints, I had felt happy by the move, he added.
The insurance cover only takes three months from the registration date to mature and residents are asked to register for the insurance..

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The road
expansio that
never was

It was deemed a good move as the roads within Kibera were

to be expanded. Houses demolished within a short notice and tracks
brought in to aid in creating space for the expantion of the roads.
Funds were for the same were allocated by the board responsible for
construction and expansion of roads the Kenya Urban Roads Authority
(KURA) but to the surprise many it was not done as to the expectations.
After the demolitions, the high expectations of residents to at least see tarmarked roads pass within Gatwikira as
is the case in Makina ward didnt come to pass. The road linking Gatwikira and Kisumu Ndogo that saw most of the residents living near get affected most saw no improvement.
The constructed roads were the all weather loose roads as
it used to be or even worse was the results. As a few Lorries of
murram were brought only added to the already existing one.
At the onset of rains residents have to put up with
mud that is as a result of the poorly done constructions.
Everyone had thought that the roads would be tarmarked or
improved to better standards than it has been before, however, it
has become worse than before and lots of questions as to whether
the roads were being improved or destroyed have been raised.
The board which was responsible for improving the road
that is comprised of mainly residents of Gatwikira did not explain why the roads were not improved to better standards.
Small scale businesses have again started encroaching the
roads, products ranging from vegetables, dagaa(omena), fish are being as residents are in the verge of making ends meet. In the end
vehicles are having hard time to access the area it was before.
The leaders who take part in community development are asked to be responsible and accountable for
the money they use in developing their communities.

Quote of the Month

To avoid criticism,
say nothing, do
nothing, be nothing.

Being taken advantage of,

abused more, tortured by police
officers, abusing drugs are but
some of the many hard times
that street children go through.
They are known to be bhang
smokers, glue sniffers as well as
people carrying with them dirty
sucks on their backs. No parents
wants to see their children out in
the streets begging, pick pocketing people and worse of all eating
gutter foods and even wearing
worn out dirty stinking clothes.
Growing up as a child
entails so many things, starting from the day of conception
till an adult age, 18 according
most African cultures when
one can stand for on their own.
Children dream of good
health, parental love and care, and
most importantly education since
its the key bright future they say.
This might apply to every child
in the whole world, but this is not
always the case for street kids.
Parents have a responsibility of letting children be children

and grow step by step without

skipping any of the stages of
life. They should be allowed
time to play with their peers as
a way of their growth in body
and stature. This as well helps
in building their self-esteem.
Child abuse comes along
when parental irresponsibility
encompasses. Sending a child
out to do something parents are
supposed to do like being asked
to help in fending for the family
instead of going being taken to
school amounts to child abuse.
While poverty might be
the cause, we have to accept that
some parents are just lazy and
irresponsible. Sending your kid
to go and beg for money shows
how inhuman you are and telling God that He was mistaken
to bless you with that child.
They are the most vulnerable creatures in the world, especially the female street kids
who have to engage in prostitution in the name of making
money. Girls as little as 9years

old practice street prostitution,

or risk being taken advantage of
by their colleagues in the streets.
When we start seeing a
rising number of street kids
around, raises so many questions not only to the parents but
to our community too. For a
child to grow up to be a respected young woman or man, the
whole community is supposed
to be involved in this process.
According to Jack Matida
of Ndugu Mdogo Rescue Centre,
the community is the first to give
these kids names like chokora
and discriminating them, which
only make the situation worse.
Matilda elaborated that
such names will make the kids
to be more rebellious and create
enormity with the community.
They start stealing from
the people around hem, who also
take advantage of their situation,
so it becomes a war between them
and the community. He explained
that, thats why they came up with
a rescue Centre; Ndugu Mdogo,

which mainly rescues the slums

street kids from Nairobi slums.
They are currently in
Kawangware, Kibera, Kivuli
Ndogo in Dagoretti and Kabiria;
Anita girls Centre in Ngong, Tone
la Maji in Ongata Rongai, these
centres were developed in 1995.
The Ndugu Mdogo Centre
in Kibera takes in 25 street children annually but still invites all
kids who are back to their homes
every Friday as a get together.
Ndugu Mdogo provides a
holistic care for the children including helping them tress back
their biological parents and unit
with their families. While such
centres are helpful, they are
unable to rescue every single
street kid all over the country.
Its a call to all parents to take responsibility to
help reduce the high number
of street kids in the country.

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TK UVEE
Inspire to aspire
before you expire
is the slogan of the
Kibra-based gospel duo known as
TKUvee Missionary. They are making the best of a
difficult situation
in Kenya. They are
mostly identified by
their hit song Missionary and their
latest Arise and
Shine. Ghetto Mirror caught up with
them at Olympic
Church in Kibera.

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By Erick Okwama
What is TKUVEE Missionary group all about?

This is a group comprising of

two gospel artists that is TK
and Uvee all from Kibera who
came up together to form the
group TKUVEE Missionary.

Who is TK and who is

Uvee?

TK .. My real name is Samson

Juma born and raised in Kibra.
The name TK stands for Tem-

bea na Kristo, a Kiswahili version of being a follower of Christ

and I am a born again Christian.
UVEEI am Uvenalis Kobey
born and raised in Kariobangi
South but later migrated to Kibera in 2008 where I am to date.
My name Uvee is simply a short
form of my first name Uvenalis.

How did you guys come up

together?

We met back in the year 2009

while still working on solo projects, though they were not that
serious as we were just introducing ourselves into the music
industry. In 2012, we decided
to come up together as Uvee
and TK hence the name TKUvee Missionary and produced
our first hit song Missionary.

Why Missionary?

We chose the name missionary

because we believe that spreading the good news using music
is a mission and just a side from
music we also engage in other
charitable activities. We perform in churches, move around
in schools and in children institutions creating awareness and
spreading the good news hence
we call ourselves missionaries
because we believe that whatever we do goes a notch higher than
just being an ordinary gospel artist but a mission as we call it.

Being born and raised

in the slum, has that not
hindered your musical

journey?

From the word go we believed

that we will not live in the past.
Hence the slum factor should
not be a stumbling block on our
way of success. This spirit has
really helped us and has kept
us moving despite the challenges that we experience because we believe that we are doing what God wanted us to do.

What message do you convey with your music?

As gospel artists our music

tends to convey the good news
of the gospel however we dont
just restrict to biblical teachings but we also tend to speak
about the issues affecting our
society for example in our latest song arise and shine which
basically speak of achieving
your dreams no matter what circumstances or status you are in.

What inspired you guys

into music?

UveeMy inspiration into

music emanated from my mother
who used to be a singer in the
church choir. I also got inspired
by the gospel artist Ecko Dydda.
TK..I also got inspired
into music by my mum and
the same Ecko Dydda, hence
the similarities and I attribute our coming up together.

Do you guys see yourself

together for long?

Yes. We hope to be together for

the rest of our musical carrier
and not follow the trend where
artist often break from their

groups after attaining certain

level in their musical carrier.

What do you guys do aside

from singing?

A part from singing we are all

IT specialists and we work with
Craft Silicon Foundation, a software company based here in
Nairobi. We also engage in other
businesses that we also do jointly.

What are the challenges

you face?

The main challenge we face is on

financial constraint as for you to
come up with quality music that
sell you need to highly spend on
it. Getting airplay for our songs
is also a big challenge owing to
the fact that we are upcoming
artists hence getting access to the
media personalities is a problem.

How do you fund your

music?

We fund our music from our

own savings and the money
that we also get from the shows
that we are invited to perform.

What do you think your

fans dont know about you
that you would like finally
to tell them?

Most of our fans have a notion

that we are big in the music industry however we are still on
the road to that destination and
with their support we will be
their soon if not sooner. However, we dont want to dispel it
because that is where our fans
expect us to be and we are telling them to expect more from us
and we will not disappoint them.

The addiction to drugs that causes death

From page 1
While others take them
as a result of addiction, they
cannot do without them or due
to depression, anxiety or stress.
Others are also forced into the
habit by their peers whereas
sport personalities use them
to boost their performances.
25 year old Eddy, not
his real name while talking to
Ghetto Mirror narrated what led
him into taking drugs. I am a
drug addict; I smoke bhang and
take changaa (illicit brew), he
started his narration while sipping his glass of illicit brew
commonly known as cham.
I was not willing to be
what I am now, referring to his
current situation as an addict, he
said. But situations forced me,
my peers pressured and I became
anxious to try it out, he added.
One is always viewed
as a person living in the past
by their peers if they dont use
drugs according to Eddy as he
continued his narration. In
our crew if you dont smoke or
drink alcohol, you are seen as
an informal person especially
here in the hood, Eddy said.
As he continues, he
opens up on what makes it
easy for young people to get

Cigarettes are said to be the highest addictive drugs. They

contain the most addictive substance nicotine.
into drugs, sighting unemployment and idleness as
major factors among others.
Young people get into
drug abuse as a result of lacking what to do, unemployment
is a big problem in Kenya and
especially among the people
living in informal settlements,
he paused. As we all know an
idle mind is the devils work
shop, young people will use
drugs to pass time and kill

boredom not knowing that its

excessive consumption leads
to addiction and dependency
on the drugs, Eddy said as explained the causes of addictions.
Seconding Eddys comments of how young people
get into drugs is Salim, also
not his real name. Salim says
he started taking drugs after
failing to secure a job when
he completed college in 2005.
He had high hopes of getting

one but nothing materialized.

I finished college in
2005 with hopes of securing
job thereafter, unfortunately I
didnt, Salim said. This affected me so much and I felt
traumatized. I needed to take
care of my family yet I had nowhere to get income from, I was
not employed, Salim added.
The International Journal
of Scientific & Technology Research reports indicates the ef-

fects of drug abuse as adverse,

alcohol for example is an extremely potent drug that acts on
the abusers body primarily as
a depressant and lowers down
the brain activity, impaired
judgment and coordination,
extreme intoxication the user
may lapse into comma, its repeated use leads to dependency.
Its sudden withdrawal is
likely to produce withdrawal
symptoms including severe anxiety, tremors, hallucinations and
convulsions. Alcohol withdrawal can be life threatening. Long
term consumptions particularly
when combined with poor nutrition can led to permanent damage
to vital organs such as the brain
and the liver. Mothers who drink
alcohol during pregnancy may
give birth to infants with fetal
alcohol syndrome. These infants
have irreversible physical abnormalities and mental retardation.
The research also pits cigarette as a gateway drug - a drug
first experimented with before
trying other drugs with greater
psychoactive effects. Smokers are more likely than nonsmokers to contract heart diseases. Lungs, larynx, esophagus,
bladder, pancreatic and kidney
cancer also strike the smokers.
Smoking during pregnancy
poses serious risk. Spontaneous
abortion, premature birth, low

birth weight and infant deaths are

also more likely to occur when
a pregnant woman is smokes.
Cigarettes like tobacco
contain an addictive substance
nicotine that is said to strengthen ones desire to smoke hence
the difficulty to stop smoking.
Cannabis also known as
Marijuana has negative, physical
and mental effects. Substantial
increase in heartbeat, blood shot
eyes, a dry mouth and throat and
increased appetite are the characteristics of a person using it.
Its use also reduces short
term memories and comprehension, alters sense of time and
reduces the ability to perform
tasks requiring concentration
and coordination like driving
as well. Students under the influence of cannabis are said to
be unable to retain knowledge.
Richard Kipkembois research indicates that marijuana
can also produce paranoia and
psychosis. Because users often inhale the unfiltered smoke
deeply and then hold it in the
lungs for as long as possible.
Its smoke contains more cancer
agents than tobacco. Chronic use
leads to damaged lungs, chest
pains, bronchitis, emphysema,
hallucinations/fantasies, abnormal sperm forms in the male and
decreased ovulation or increased
menstrual irregularities in female.

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In this column, the Ghetto Mirror brings you details about the various ghettos of Nairobi, one at a time. This month, we cover Shauri Moyo one of the slums
that constitute Kamkunji constituency. If you want Ghetto Mirror to cover your hood, email us through ghettomirror@shininghopeforcommunities.org
By Paul Owino

SHOFCO CEO Kennedy Odede holding high

the Do Something Award as he addressed
residents during the homecoming celebration of
Photo: Vincent Oreje
the award

A religious leader puts his drum near fire to

make it dry in preparartion for church servises.
The fire here is to dry the drum for it be loud
Photo: Bernard Ochieng
when drumming.

Just before the SELFIE generation ends, this

resident of Kibera decided to take afew shots of
himself perhaps for to help him remember his
Photo: Courtersy
past

It is a land that has produced great leaders in Kenyas

history, was the main settlement
for British American Tobacco
workers, and was also a resting
place for Europeans horses during the colonial days. Sensational
rumba artist Daudi Kabaka also
wrote a song about Shauri Moyo.
It is one of the oldest
slums in Nairobi, its existence
dates back to the late 1930s
when it sprung and is perhaps
the busiest of Nairobi slums,
It is located on the left
side of Nairobis busiest road;
Jogoo Road from the Central Business District. As one
enters it you are able to meet
thousands of residents carrying on with their businesses.
The story behind the origin
of the slums name is an interesting one historical insights that
date back to during colonial rule
reveals that the colonial masters had divided Nairobi settlement schemes according to race
There were three different
races and to effect this the races
were given citizenship according
to their race. There were first citizens mainly the Europeans, second citizen; the Arabs and Asians
and third citizens; Africans.
Europeans
occupied,
Ngong, Karen and all the way to
some parts of Westland, Arabs
and Asians occupied, Westland
and Pangani but when Europeans forced their way into Westland the Arabs had to forced the
Asians to move up to Eastleigh.
Africans having no place
to go had to choose whether to leave or not to. It was
a heart conciscience, hence
the spring of Shauri Moyo.

The name Shauri Moyo

is a Swahili word for consult
your heart and the Africans had
to consult their hearts to determine
whether they would stay or not.
Confirming
this
was
Boniface Mutua, a resident of
Lunga Lunga one of the slums
neighbouring Shauri Moyo. He
has set up a workshop to repair
bicycles along Moyale Road in
Shauri Moyo during an interview with Ghetto Mirror said
people were asked to choose
whether to stay or not when
housing had become a problem.
When I was young I
used to hear that all these houses
the stone built ones were constructed during the colonial period as a resting place for the
Europeans horses, he started

his narration trying to recall

the events as he was told while
still a kid. So when housing
became a problem people were
asked to choose whether or not
to move into the houses by the
colonial musters, Boniface said.
Shauri Moyo is found
in Kamkunji constituency that
boasts of producing Kenyas
elite politicians. The late Tom
Mboya and Martin Shikuku,
former president and Member
of Parliament for Othaya constituency, His Excellency Hon.
Mwai Kibaki just to mention
but a few are among the elite
politicians from Kamkunji.
The constituency as well
hosts the Kamkunji grounds that
was mostly used during political
rallies that transformed the nation.

Shauri Moyo commonly

known as Shauri is divided
into five villages namely: Burma
which is located next to the Burma meat joint, Juakali l, Juakali ll
that neighbours juakali artisans
workshops in Shauri Moyo, Mombasa Ndogo and Kisumu Ndogo.
Its residents like the place.
Its security is not bad and according to residents like Kennedy Agwingi the residents have been key
to improving the areas security.
Shauri Moyos security
is not bad, we are the security
ourselves, smiling Agwingi
said. During the day we help
each other monitor the security but at night none residents
coming from our neighbourhoods, Majengo, Pumwani
and Eastleigh come to disturb

our Security, Kennedy added.

Boniface Mutua though not
a resident of Shauri Moyo, was
quick to confirm that there was a
time when Shauri Moyos security
was wanting than what it is now.
Nowadays Shauri Moyo
is good. We can go for over two
or three months without hearing
or seeing someone being robbed
in broad day light, he started.
In the past it was a norm, a day
couldnt pass without someone
being brought down in broad
day light, Boniface added.
There is a social hall
and a rehabilitation centre in
the slum, Shauri Moyo Rehabilitation Centre that is situated
along Butecho Road in Shauri
Moyo and a few metres from
the Shauri Moyo Police Station
at the Blue Estate that is along
Moyale Road in Shauri Moyo.
The rehabilitation centre is mainly for criminals
within the slums. The social
hall; Shauri Moyo Social Hall
and YMCA hall they are the
main youth centres in the slum.
Shauri Moyo as well houses Kenyas largest meat joint
Burma that started in 1939 during the Second World War and is
named after Burma a former British colony in the South-East Asia
that was invaded by Japanese
during the Second World War.
Most of the soldiers here were
mainly from the United Kingdom, British India and Africa.
Kenyas biggest Juakali
artisan workshop is also found
here and neighbours the two
Juakali villages Juakali I and II.
Shauri Moyo like any other slum lacks, social amenities,
has two government sponsored
schools; Muthurwa and Shauri
Moyo Primary Schools. Has
permanently built houses, with

some of its roads well tarmarked.

The areas drainage systems are in poor condition as
children and women alike are
seen with cans disposing of
dirt and pouring already used
water in ditches passing by the
door ways. The ditches are also
blocked with polythene bags
causing the water not to move.
There is no regular water
supply in the area and most of the
youths in the slum have turned
selling water as a form of making a living. All across the paths
of Shauri Moyo there is a man or
two pulling a cart full of water jerricans for sale. Another common
business in the area is car was.
The latter unlike pulling a cart is
done mainly by young boys who
have recently finished school.
Most of the residents
in Shauri Moyo, like football. Playing is commonly
among the youngsters while
enjoying the game behind the
screens is mostly by the elderly.
Kenyas football giants
clubs AFC leopards and Gor Mahia have an equal share of the fan
base from the residents. There
are several football clubs like
the Shauri Moyo Sportif that has
their playing ground that borders
Kamkunji grounds commonly
known as deza in Majengo.
Getting to Shauri Moyo
one borders a vehicle in Muthurwa market that operates along
Jogoo Road. The vehicles route
numbers are 4 for Kiambio,
number 10 that goes to Maringo
and number 23 that goes to Outer
Ring Road and alight at Shauri
Moyo stage along Sakwero road.
From town use Landhies
road and pass by Muthurwa Primary School on your left and take
Sakwero road, turn left and head
to St. Joseph Catholic Church.

Youth groups sourcing income for members

Vincent Musembi the best male student in Nairobi County is congratulated by the MP of Kibra Constituency as Nairobi Governor Dr. Evans
Kidero congratulates Mr. Musebi, Vincents father during the countys
Prize Giving Day in Olympic Primary School.

Photo: George Sakwa

Have sick shoe? Then look no more, meet self

proclaimed doctor and perhaps the only doctor
of his kind for specialised treatment in
Kawangware.
Photo: File

Dubbed most creative and the only ones who pay full attention to what
they do. The kid in light brown t-shirt and a military like trouser as innocent as he looks seems to understand what a gun is used for as he points
his friend on the face. He could make a good cop.

A simple massage from the Kibera School for

Girls wall to Kibera and beyond, with the rise of
insecurity only one thing can help restore stability. Peace.
Photo: File

Photo: Bernard Ochieng

It is called praising the Omni-present God,

churches have been mushrooming with each and
everyday passing, this is was the case with Revaration Church in Kayole.
Photo: Courtersy

By Vincent Oreje
Rabbits and mushrooms are
the two major commodities produced in Mukuru Kayaba slum
by two youth groups, Jitegeme
Kenya Pamoja (JKP) and UTurn. The products are sold for
income to support other projects.
JKP is a 22-member group
that raises a notable from urban
farming for its members. The
group began in 2013. They originally formed around a business
making bricks, but their brickmaking machine broke down.
The machine went-off
and cost of repair was not be easy
to raise being that other projects
were ongoing, said the groups
chairman
Peter
Machoka.
To overcome their challenges JPK works with other
organized youth groups in Mukuru Kayaba as a way of making
sure that they remain successful.
U-Turn is one of the organizations that they have partnered with. U-Turn participates
in different activities such as
theatre sports as a way of coming together and that they have
up to now ventured in mushroom
farming and sanitation block
which currently run. They have
for a long time been a partner

of JKP in carrying out various

projects, seminars and trainings.
We have been so close
with JKP us U-turn, we hold different teachings and seminars
with them, Samuel Odhiambo,
the chairperson of U-turn. We
runs an sanitary block and majorly rely on the mushroom
harvest that balances the sanitation income that is below
the break-even. He added.
The organisation has majorly invested in mushroom
farming, sanitation and they
also run a theatre group. The
mushroom farming happens to
be their major income earner
as well. The funds raised by
the agricultural products are
used to support a theater group
and their sanitation project
that still cant support itself.
We have majored mainly
in mushroom farming which has
helped us a lot considering that
our sanitation project can only
generate at most shillings 100
a day, its not worth a salary of
an attendant. So we get other
funds mostly from Mushroom
farming, Samuel Odhiambo,
the chairperson of U-turn said.
Jitegeme Kenya Pamoja
(JKP) was started by 31 members in mid-2013 to develop their
ideas on uprising the uncommon

utilization of the area resources

using the unity and strength they
identified as Mukuru youths.
A part from livestock, we
JKP also involves different projects such training youths of basic computer skills, empowering
women and venturing into businesses like making bricks that
toppled after some period .This
was funded from the loan from
the Youth Fund that facilitating
the projects they had ventured in.
We took our first loan
from Youth Fund last year and
did projects like women empowerment and computer lessons
for our youths among the projects we stipulated to run, said
John Gori the groups secretary.
Among other challenges
the Jitegeme Kenya Pamoja youth
faces is lack of land as a result of
it being grabbed by the elderly
and rich from the community.
We have been facing
many problems with the village
elder and one record is that they
demolished our garden where
we had all our farming projects
and some rabbits went missing giving us a drawback as
youths. a member of JKP who
identified himself as Joseph said.
The group also said it initially had trouble raising the funds
to repay their first loan acquired

from the Youth Fund. The most

frustrating moments were when
we could not raise the amount
needed to fund back the loan we
got from Youth Fund. John said.
Like their partners JKP, UTurn has faced challenges among
which are venturing to business
that can never pay back the borrowings they made in stipulated
time and this came as a result improper planning and analysis before venturing to such businesses.
We bought a sanitation
block for huge money but it
could not fund back the needed
amount within the stipulated
time. The block was closed until
we paid half the money we got
from the youth fund which we
were forced to look for other
sources of funds to pay it and
this threatened the group stability, Samuel Odhiambo said.
According to Mrs. Rebecca Arika an extension officer of agriculture Viwandani division youth is a stage
that is the most productive
and they should give back to
the community at this stage.
Youthful stage is when
one is fertile for development and
you can engage in various projects to uplift yourselves through
small projects and giving back
to the community, she said.

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Society
Bill to curb the rise of teenage prenancy
Topical stories on
daily happenings
in our societies

Girls of Olympic primary school recite a poem during the prize giving ceremony
at their school. Teenage girls have been droping out of school due to early teenage pregnancies. the Bill before the senate proposes measures to curb teenage
pregnancies among school going girls.

By George Sakwa
In an effort to keep girls
in school longer, the House of
Senate through Senator Judith
Sijeny has proposed legislation
that would give adolescents access to comprehensive sex, education and confidential services.
A national desire to reduce
the number of abortions and to
prevent sexually transmitted infections, including HIV, provides
the major impetus in each county
for ensuring easy access to contraception and condoms, consistent
sex education, and widespread
public education campaigns.
In a report released by
United Nations on October 2013
teenage pregnancy is rated higher in developing countries. De-

veloped countries like the United States of America (U.S.A.)

and Russia are also indicated
to report a high rate of teenage
pregnancy. The report indicates
that the teenage pregnancy reported is at 7.3 million yearly.
Calls on government to
help girls achieve their full potential through education and adequate health services are mounting hence the proposal by the
senator for legalization of the bill.
The State of World Population 2013, produced by the
UN Population Fund (UNPF),
notes that out of the 7.3 million births, 2 million are from
girls of 14 years and below.
Most of them end up suffering
grave long-term health and social consequences from pregnancy such as obstetric fistula.

A number of other developed countries like Germany,

Canada and Netherlands among
others have initiated sex education into their curriculum to provide sex education in attempts
to reduce teen pregnancy, this is
said to have helped in reducing
the rate of teenage pregnancies.
According to a research
by the Kenya Population Situation Analysis 2013 boys and
girls while beginning their education they join class one at a
roughly equal rate, but as they
reach class seven or eight most
of the girls have dropped out
due to teenage pregnancies.
It is estimated that only
40% of girls finish the O levels,
reach form four. 60% of the girls
in rural areas mainly drop out of
school due to teen pregnancy.

According to the Kenya

Population Situation Analysis
2013, Kenya is among countries with the highest number of
teenage mothers in the world.
According to the survey, 26 in
every 100 girls in Kenya get
pregnant before they are 18.
Senator Sijeny, a family
lawyer, is proposing the Reproductive Health Care Bill which
would to establish reproductive
health centers where the young
Kenyans could be counseled
and advised on sexual behavior.
While talking to a local
radio station she said children
take drugs as well as engage in
things that their parents are not
aware of. Our children are using drugs, they engage in unusual things without the knowledge of their parents, eventually,
our girls get pregnant and they
drop out of schools. This
should be stopped, she said.
Opponents to the bill argue that it will promote immorality. The Cabinet Secretary
for Education Professor Jacob
Kaimenyi said that the education ministry has the obligation
to teach children good morals.
My ministry has an
obligation to educate all children and promote good values
and we will not be dragged
in attempts to propagate bad
teachings in schools, he said.
Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) Kenya National Union
of Teachers (KNUT) and the
Kenya National Parents and
Teachers Association (KNPTA)
have strongly criticized the Bill.
The unions say there are
more pressing issues affecting
children in schools that should be
discussed and not immorality.
Parents and religious
leaders have also come out
with divergent opinions on
the bill. Some support it
while others oppose the Bill.
It is sad that we will be
giving our children contraceptives and this will be like allow-

ing them to practice sex. Teenage pregnancies is a problem

but this is not the best way to
go, Rosemary Atieno, a mother
of two children said. Her children are still young with the eldest being in pre-kindergarten.
Our
children
learn
from what they see, if we can
strive to teach them good morals then we dont need to give
them contraceptives, she said.
Rosemary also added that
parents should discuss with their
children on how they can handle
their sex lives saying that it is
the only way to instill a culture
of confidence and discipline.
However, Kigen Kipkoris
from the Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Alliance
(SRHR) supported the Bill, saying it would lower mortality rate,
especially among the young girls.
Hon. Sijeny said the Bill
has been misrepresented in
the media and seen as advocating for children as young
as 10 years to be given condoms and birth control pills.
We need to read and understand the Bill, I am a mother
and cannot say lets give children condoms so that they can
have sex, but we must realise
its time we give them the information, Hon. Sijeny said.
The Bill suggests that adolescents be given unhindered access to comprehensive sexual
education and confidential services for example there be specific reproductive health counseling centers for young adults
where they will be counseled
and taught on the right morals.
There are over 10 million
young people aged 10-24 years in
Kenya constituting about 36 percent of the Kenyan population.
Senator Sijeny argues
the bill does not promote immorality among adolescents
but it strives to provide access
to qualified healthcare providers based on the knowledge
that many children are now exposed to risky sexual behaviors.

We cannot bury our

heads in the sand and assume
that our children are not having
sex, it is better to provide them
with information, this does not
mean that I am promoting sex
among our children, this Bill
does not talk of giving condoms to pupils, Sijeny said.
We should face the reality and
admit that advising our children has gone out of our hands.
Lets admit that they do sex
and give them contraceptive
to avoid teenage pregnancies
and school drop-out, Barrack
Juma, a businessman in Kibera
in full support of the bill said.
Though
the
government
has allowed the girls to go
to school even after giving
birth, many girls feel shy and
therefore just leave school.
Since free primary education
was been instituted in Kenya, the
number of children enrolled in
schools has risen by 60 percent,
from five million to eight million.
According to the recently published Kenya Demographic
and Health Survey (KDHS)
report, half of all new HIV infections occur among young
people aged 15-24 years,. To
worsen it further, girls are twice
as likely to be infected as boys
of the same age. This shows
that the ladies are more risky
than there boys counterparts.
The survey also revealed that by
the age of 19, almost half of adolescents have begun childbearing
and among all pregnant women, 23 percent are adolescents.
UN Population Fund stresses
that to tackle teenage pregnancy,
countries must adopt a holistic
approach which does not dwell
on changing girls behavior, but
seeks to change attitudes in society so girls are encouraged to
stay in school, child marriage is
banned, girls have access to sexual
and reproductive health including
contraception, and young mothers have better support systems.

Background inspired art pushing artist through

By Cynthia Nyanchama
32 year old Joseph
Michiya alias Michigan grew
up a passionate artist keen
on making a difference after
learning art from his uncle.
He was one of the artists who had applied for a local art competition organized
by Kounkevy Design Initiative
(KDI. He after having illustrated a full informal settlement
set up won the competition and
has continued to be invited for
several art works within Kibera.
Joseph says he started
drawing in while in primary
school. I started drawing
when I was in class one, he
stated. My uncle was an artist and I used to copy what he
was doing, citing his source
of inspiration Joseph added.
His desires and passion
for art made him to be noticed
by teachers in his former pri-

mary school. He was on several

occasions called upon by teachers to draw charts for the upper classes. Back then he was
young in body and stature, he
would then used a stool in order to reach the blackboard.
I went to Mbagathi Primary School and later went to Tuombee Secondary School in Mashimoni until I reached form two,
recalling his education journey
Joseph told Ghetto Mirror. Later I went to Wakulima secondary
in Accra Road where I finished
my high school in 1999, he said.
Michiya was lucky though
to have finished high school but
never got the chance to join a
college. His father passed on
just before the final exam results
were announced which meant
his schooling had ended. Before the final results were announced my father died and so
I did not get the opportunity to
join any college, he lamented.
As a result he resorted to

Joseph Michiya pausing next to the illustration

that had won the KDI award
become a casual laborer with the
aim of making his ends meet.
He started loading and offloading sugar sacks from vehicles
at Industrial Area in South B
making a total of Ksh. 150. I

was forced to work in industrial

area after my fathers death. I
used to load sacks and sugars and would end up earning
Sh. 150 daily, Joseph reacted.
He stopped and resorted

to art where he has ended up

making his name in. He mostly
works within Kibera engaging
himself in sign writing for local shops and organizations, he
also draws screens for T-shirts
and also write names on jerseys and on different materials.
However Joseph was
quick to point out that the greatest challenges he faces working in an informal settlement
set up, was the fact that most of
his clients dont meet his needs
but expects him to meet theirs
by giving a quality art work.
Most of the clients I work
for are from the slums. They dont
pay good money yet they need
quality work yet the paints I use
they are very expensive, he said.
An inadequate market for
the arts is also another great challenge that Joseph faces. There is
no market to take your drawing
to, they stay in the shops for long
without being bought, he said.
Aside from art Joseph en-

gages himself in making ice that

are sold to local residents by a
fraction of young men he employed to carry on with the business for him. Apart from art I
make ices that are sold to my fellow slum dwellers, he said. I
have employed some of my boys
who I pay in commission to help
them not to engage in crime.
The ice business he says
is mostly affected by change
in weather conditions. During sunny days business is
good but changes sharply in
the cold times, Joseph said.
He is also planning to
engage himself in selling fish
through transporting them from
the rural areas to sell to residents of Nairobi; he intends to
partner with his wife in achieving this. Am planning on working with my wife to start selling
fish here in Nairobi. We will
transport them from the upcountry to sell them here, he said.

Health

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Free medication for residents

not accorded the much
deserved seriuosness.

Residents to take medical camps seriously

By George Sakwa

Health is prioritized as
one of the key sectors in Kenyas
overall
development
strategy, Vision 2030, but in
spite of the high prioritization
of health, Government funding
to the sector is inadequate and
below the international targets.
However, the government,
through Lucy Musyoka the
Nairobi County Health Service
Director, has confirmed that it
is putting measures in place to
deal with the situation by providing affordable medication
to citizens as well as partner
with health providers to ensure
citizens get quality medication.

The government is determined

to provide affordable healthcare to
all its citizens, this
will mean that we
partner with development partners
who have shown
interest in the
health sector,
Lucy Musyoka

Johanna Justin Jinich Clinic medical officer (centre) Bernard Kenyakisa

and attending to a child with ear problem during a medical camp at
Kamkunji grounds in Gatwikira to help those with ear and eye problems.

Photo: George Sakwa

said during a free three day

medical camp organized at
Kibera Social Grounds to treat
majorly
Diabetes
patients.
In assisting the government,
private and non-governmental

organizations have been offering

alternatives at either an affordable fee or free medication to the
residents of informal settlements
that are oftenly high populated.
Getting medical care has

all along proved costly, and residents walk for long distances to
get the services. The nearest
government hospital in Kibera
is the Kenyatta National Hospital, which always crowded.

As a result residents get

alternative source of medication from the private clinics,
non-governmental
organizations and too some extend medical quacks posing as doctors.
Medical camps in the informal settlements are always
organized by NGOs in bid to
offer medication and to some
extend for checkups. NGOs
like SHOFCO have in the recent months held medical camps
for treating people with ear
and eye problem as well as one
for cervical cancer screening.
It is estimated that close
to 88% of funds used in getting
medication in Kenya is outside
government budget. It raises
concerns of sustainability with
the fast growing population of
about a million per year is expected to put pressure on the government for funding the sector.
Still
adamant
Mrs.
Musyoka maintained that the
government was determined to
achieving its goals of providing
affordable healthcare to every
citizen but hinted that would only
be achieved through a partnership with willing organizations.
We shall partner with
organizations to ensure we better the lives of our citizens,
she said during the three day
medical camp that was aimed
at treating diabetes, high blood

pressure test as well as carrying

a HIV test on willing residents.
Though it is not clear how many
visit hospitals to get diabetes
treatment but a large number
had appeared for the camp.
Medical camps as it appears are always free though
the number of those turning up
is always far beyond the expectations of the organizers. However, residents with a wrong
motive against the camps are
asked to change their view and
turn up for the camps and for
regular checkups on sickness
that might be building in their
bodies without their knowledge.

88%
The approximate
percentage of funds
outside the goverments
budget that is used
getting medication

Business
MICRO SUPER DUKA: A different kind of micro loaning
A micro financer
loaning non perishable
food items

Get a loan on non-perishable food stuffs worth 1500 repayable in two months
By Godwin Oyindo

Residents
of
Kibera
have a new form of micro
lending in Micro Super Duka
that seeks to address the economic status through availing
non perishable food stuffs as
loans to registered members.
Micro-Super Duka is a
noble idea that was started 4
years ago by Zenah Ali, a social worker at the Mchanganyiko Hall in Karanja Road.
According to Zenah she
partnered with a friend to start
the business. Her main reason
was to help low income earning women in Kibera learn how
to save. She says that saving is
a backbone of any economy.
My friend and I are partners in this business, we contributed to start this business so as to
uplift the lives of the low income
earners as well as encourage
the saving culture of the locals
because saving is the backbone
of our economy, Zenah said.
Zenah also says she wanted to discourage the poor saving
habits among the residents of
Kibera. Locals have poor saving
culture which is risky for their
future lives, their living standard
and income is low, she said.
We wanted to provide them
loan loans for non perishable

Zenah Ali the owner of Micro-Super Duka attending to one of her clients
at her shop in Karajna road

Photo: Godwin Oyindo

food stuffs in the most affordable

and practical way, she added.
Talking to Ghetto Mirror
Zenah explained the nitty-gritty
of becoming a member in the
Super Duka. To register with
us one has to pay a 500 shillings non-refundable fee, buy
a passbook for 100 shillings
and should be recommended by

an already registered member

to avoid defaulters, she said.
Ensuring the saving culture
one upon becoming a member is
required to save 100 shillings
each week. Upon registering one has to save with us 100
shillings weekly. Zenah said.
For one to get their first
loan they must save the mandato-

ry 100 shillings in the first week.

The loan payment is due in two
months. To get your first loan
you have to save 100 shillings in
your first week of registration,
the total amount we give at first
time is 1500 shillings that is paid
back in two months, she said.
After repaying the acquired loan within the stipu-

lated time one is viable for

another loan that doubles
the amount they have saved.
There are already 200
members whose records are
properly contained in their
passbooks that are kept by Zenah. So far we 200 registered
members that we are loaning
but we still need to inform more
members to join, Zenah said.
The loan repayment is
two months; the payment is
done in installments, at the
end of the first month one has
to have paid half the acquired
loan. Those who are able to repay the loan within a month can
do so but it is not mandatory.
To avoid defaulting the
members have divided themselves in small groups of fivefive, they know each other
and are each others surety.
Members have divided in
small groups; a group has five
members who know each other
well. This has helped to avoid
cases of one not paying what
they had loaned, Zenah added.
Zenah
who
formerly
worked for Global Giving International; a non-profit organisation that connects donors with
grassroots projects around the
world, was tasked to uplift the
food security of locals as well
as saving habits so as to better their lives attributes it to
where she drew her inspiration.

My friend and I worked

for Global Giving International
as the people in charge of the
food security of the locals and
saving habits that would better
their lives, Zenah said. It was
the poor saving habits of the
locals that saw her partner with
her friend to start the project.
The Super Duka has had
positive impacts in the lives of its
members. Abdurrahman Amina a
widow and a mother of four is a
small scale business woman but
finds it difficult to save on her own.
I am a widow with four
children, I do small scale business that earns me some money
but it is difficult to save by myself so that I do shopping at once.
With the Super Duka I can save
and they also give me loans on
food stuffs that I use with my
family for a month she said.
The Super Duka has had
cases of defaulters but that has
since changed as explained by
the founder Zenah Ali. We have
in the past handled cases of people trying to run away from paying back our loans, but that has
since changed, they are all honest and are following our rules
and regulations, Zenah said.
The Super Duka is aiming at having more members
hence requesting residents willing to work with them to register
with them to reap from the benefits it is offering its members.

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Footballers woes continue

Hopeless | Talents lost as local footballers engage themselves in crime to make their ends meet

By Bernard Ochieng
An unknown number
of talented footballers from
and outside Kibera have in the
past years lost their lives in the
hands of policemen and mob
justice for participating in criminal activities with the leading
criminal activity being robbery.
In recent crime deaths reported in Nairobis informal settlements, robbery with violence
records the highest number. What
remains unanswered is, why Nairobi records the highest number.
Unemployment remains
the backbone to every poor
mans day problem. Its very difficult for an upcoming footballer
to run his day to day life especially when trying to make ends
meet as football does not help
them at all. They make little or
no money from playing for local
clubs that have no one rooting for.
Nicodemus Mariga, 21,
former Kibera Talented FC captain talking highly of the position
he plays as a defender talked to
the Ghetto Mirror, sympathizing. I started playing football
at a tender age. Currently I am
playing for Kibera Black Stars
FC as a defender, it is a position I
chose due to my love for defending and protecting harmless people, Mariga as he is commonly
known among his peers said.

Players of (club) during a training session on August 9 in Olympic High

School. Football is a game loved played by many youths from slums but
only a few are lucky to make it to playing for their dream clubs

Photo: Bernard Ochieng

I have seen many so

many talented footballers losing their lives before achieving anything in the lives,
sympathetic
Mariga
said.
The footballers are said
to be in a hurry to raise quick
money to buy clothes to dress
well, just like professional

footballers playing in worlds

greatest leagues, the English
Premier League, Spanish La
Liga, Germans Bundesliga and
French Ligue 1 among others.
The footballers in these
leagues who also happen to
be local footballers role models live a stylish life that is ad-

mired by the upcoming talents.

As a result of admiring and
wishing to lead the stylish lives
footballers abroad live, the local footballers engage in crime
as they are not even employed.
Some tend to spend most
of their time with footballers
playing in the Kenyan premier

league, they rave together in Nairobis night clubs, entice women

together yet they are not from
the class. Since they are common figures within and outside
Kibera, they want to maintain
standards they do not belong to.
From 2008 to date the
number of talented footballers
who have lost their lives after
engaging on criminal activities
is an accounted. The most notable are likes of: Figo, Papa,
Lenny, Cafu, song, Ochi celeb, Edwardo, Maish, Captain
Amoh (not their real names.)
Emma Achieng an exgirlfriend to a deceased talented
footballer told Ghetto Mirror
her boyfriend was a talented footballer that got himself in drugs
and ended up engaging in crime
that was the cause of his death.
His drug habits she says grew
worse to the extent that he was
isolated for being uncontrollable.
My late boyfriend was a
known talent in football; he had
friends some of whom I never
knew. Most of the times they
would come home late and drunk.
After few months he got addicted to drugs and begun facing
isolation from his family members and community since he
was out of control, Emma said.
Emma adds that her boyfriends condition had once
made him beat her badly after
shed broken to him that she was

expecting his baby. It was after

she had been beaten up that she
decided to move out and back to
her parents who then opened a
business for her. After sometime
of staying at her parents home
the news of her boyfriends
death reached her. Her boyfriend
had been shot on the head after he and his friends had tried
hijacking a car in a highway.
The number of unemployed youths from slums could
be so high. Government statistics
indicates that close to 75 percent
of Nairobi residents are unemployed with the highest number coming from across all the
slums in Nairobi. Kibera though,
boasts of producing a large number of famed people not only
in football but also other disciplines like comedy and music.
Churchill Shows Erick Omondi
hailed from the suburbs of Kibera as well as Hip Hop superstar Hendry Ohanga commonly
known as Octopizzo among
others. Jesse Were, Tusker FC
striker, also hails from Kibera,
where he started his footballing
career with the Kibera Talented
FC. These are just but a fraction of those who have hailed
from Kibera to make it big.

Kibra Social grounds for facelift

The current condition of Kibra Social Ground in DC that is set for

facelift. Inset is the Kenyatta Stadium in Machakos in Machakos
county, the Kibra Social ground is set to have the same face once
complete.
Photo:Courtersy.
By George Sakwa

The Kibera Social Grounds,

commonly known as the DC

Ghetto
Mirror

ground in Kibera is set for a

face lift from its current state
that makes it pause as a danger for children using it to play.

This was after Dr. Hashmukh

Dawda of Golden Rule and the
House of Manji announced to
renovate the rather forgotten

ground during a weeklong sporting event held in Kibera in May.

According to Dr. Dawda the
move is especially meant for the
benefit of young children and the
community at large, after hed
stated that he had mainly wanted
to help the young grow in the talents noting that the pitchs current condition does not in
any way motivate the
children to play.
Kibra
constituency has
few
social
grounds,
with major
ones being
Kibera Social Ground
(DC Ground),
W o o d l e y
grounds
and
Undugu
grounds.
All of them are not to
standard though tournaments
organized in the area usually played in these grounds.
According to Dr. Dawda the
DC grounds that doesnt have
even a perimeter fence is set
to have, toilet facilities, up to
standard changing rooms, center stands for fans and a perimeter fence. The playing surface
is to be covered with artificial
turfs that will to ensure the

young ones playing on the field

dont get unnecessary injuries.
The total cost for the renovation is however not clear and
Dr. Dawda appealed to the community, well-wishers, the national government and county
government for help during the
renovation. It will not be Mr.
Dawdas work only but it will
be our work, therefore I appeal
to the community, the national
and county governments that
we work together for the betterment of our children, he said.
Dr. Dawdas plan has attracted
praise from the local leaders.
Ochieng Jera, the chairman of
Orange Democratic Movement
in the former Kibra Constituency speaking during the event
lamented on the wanting states
of sport grounds in Kibera. He
said that there were several
sporting grounds but were all
in bad or poor state with none
matching a standard condition
of a stadium yet have ended
producing good players for both
the Kenyan Premier League and
other worlds major leagues.
The renovation of the DC
grounds will increase playing
fields for the teams in Kibera as
well the number of footballers
from Kibera is expected to increase at national sports events

than it has been in previous years.

According to residents the DC
grounds is set to at least compete Woodley grounds commonly known as Kalwa among
residents of Kibera for hosting
league matches. The Woodley grounds is the only playing
ground in Kibra constituency
that at least has a center stand
though with poor changing
rooms, but as well lacks a perimeter fence and its playing surface as well is in a wanting state.
With the renovation set to benefit not only the children of Kibera but also the community at
large, there is a humble plea to
the government and to the community at large to aid in achieving the goals of renovating the
Kibera Social Grounds otherwise known us DC grounds.

The total number of

sporting fields in
Kibra. They are:
Woodley, Undugu
and Kibra Social
Grounds.

The Ghetto Mirror is a monthly publication published and distributed for free by Shining Hope for Communities as part of its
programs aimed at empowering the youth through developing their media skills and also skills and also to bring attention to the
issues affecting the residents of the informal settlements. All the work that goes into production of this newspaper is done by youths
from the slums. Correspondence should be addressed to ghettomirror@shininghopeforcommunities.org. You can also visit our
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