Kenyan Government Initiatives in Slum Upgrading

Leah Muraguri (1)

1 IFRA / FIRA Nairobi - Institut Français de Recherche en Afrique / French Institute for Research in Africa

This article discusses two Kenyan government initiatives in slum upgrading: the Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme (KENSUP) and the Kenya Informal Settlement Improvement Project (KISIP). It gives the objectives, strategies and components of each programme. The article focuses on the KENSUP programme, presenting the achievements of this slum upgrading initiative to date and sums up with the challenges facing slum upgrading in Kenya.

Mots clés: Slum upgrading; Kenya

Domaines: Science politique; Architecture, aménagement de l'espace

Leah Muraguri. Kenyan Government Initiatives in Slum Upgrading. Les cahiers d'Afrique de l'Est, 2011, 44, pp.119-128. ⟨10.4000/eastafrica.534⟩. ⟨halshs-00751869⟩