Majengo, Nairobi

Majengo is a slum in Nairobi Kenya. It is less three kilometers from Nairobi CBD and next Gikomba market. Majengo makes part of Pumwani location and Pumwani/Shauri moyo Ward represented by Hon Paul Ndungu [Petit] in the Nairobi City County assembly;which is in the larger Kamukunji sub-county, one of the sub-counties of Nairobi city county. Majengo also host the headquarters for kamkunji constituency at the former District commissioner offices.key people from Majengo Evans Kidero first Governor of Nairobi City CountyMary Kavere, popularly known as Mama Kayai, is a veteran actor in Kenya. Other notable talents with roots in Majengo are Bi Kerekani, Redsan, Mgongo, Makanyaga, Baba Ziro, Subira, Asha Idi among others. Majengo has 5 villages : Mashimoni, Sofia, Bash/Highrise, Kitui village, Digo and Katanga. The major roads cutting through the settlement are, Digo Road, Lumbwa street, Meru Road, Lamu Road and Munyema street.

[1] It existed in the 1920s already.[2] Majengo clinic exists in Majengo.[3]

References
  1. http://www.ris.org.in/Nairobi_Case.pdf%5B%5D
  2. White, L. (1990). The Comforts of Home: Prostitution in Colonial Nairobi. University of Chicago Press. p. 86. ISBN 9780226895062. Retrieved 2015-03-27.
  3. "Hope for Aids cure as prostitutes defy virus in the slums | World news | The Guardian". guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-03-27.

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