Just How Big Is Kibera?

EngineerLMG · 2014-10-19T21:55:23+00:00

WanaJF, mko salama salmini, sivyo? Poa. Sasa, hizi story za akina Ulole ati "Ooh, Kibera," "Ooh, check vile Kibera ni kubwa," "Ooh, largest slum" zimeanza kubore sana. So, just how big is Kibera? Looking upon the data reported above, and considering that type, dimension and distribution of the buildings observed in Kianda is typically the same in the whole slum of Kibera, it is possible to make a guess about the numerical dimension of its population. Considering that its area of Kibera is set between 2.3 and 2.5 sq km, the total population living in the slum can be most likely estimated between 220,000 and 250,000 people. Kibera: The Correct Numbers "the 2009 Kenya Population and Housing Census results statistically confirms the fame of Kibera to be media created. Kibera is neither Africa's largest slum, nor Nairobi's even. Muchiri Karanja, a Kenyan Journalist puts it thus; For a long time Kibera has been touted as Africas largest slum, with various experts putting its population at anything between one and two million. ...It turns out to one big lie. Not even the combined population living in all of Kenyas slums comes anywhere close to the largest slum in Africa. According to the census, the total number of Kenyans living in slums is 618,916. ...According to the census figures, the eight locations that form Kibera slums combined host a paltry 170,070." Point on Africa: Kibera: The Lie of the Biggest Slum in Africa "In the absence of actual data (such as an official census), NGO staff make a back-of-envelope estimate in order to plan their projects; a postgraduate visiting the NGO staff tweaks that estimate for his thesis research; a journalist interviews the researcher and includes the estimate in a newspaper article; a UN officer reads the article and copies the estimate into her report; a television station picks up the report and the estimate becomes the headline; NGO staff see the television report and update their original estimate accordingly. All statistical hell breaks loose, and the population of Kibera leaps ever higher. Every actor at every stage has a motive for using the upper end of that initial estimate, rather than more conservative figures planning, funding, visibility, and so on but no single person is responsible for inflating the figure progressively further from reality." http://www.theguardian.com/science/the-lay-scientist/2012/aug/01/africa-propaganda-kibera Fanyanga basic research ili mjue. Na kama unataka kuniweka kwa battle-of-the-links, my friend pole. Siwezi spend time kukutafutia info yenye unaweza pata bure. Usiogopange kureason. Make WolframAlpha your friend. (But for the sake of fulfilling your addictions to links, shika na hiyo pia - Myth shattered: Kibera numbers fail to add up - News - nation.co.ke) Peace! And long live the EAC!

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Start date Oct 20, 2014

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