by Michelle Anekeya | Nov 24, 2025 | News
For decades, the global sanitation crisis has been framed as a matter of pipes, toilets, and treatment plants. But in reality, the greatest challenge lies not in building new systems, but in making sure they actually work for the people who rely on them. That is where...
by Michelle Anekeya | Oct 6, 2025 | News
For nearly two decades, Stephen Nzioka and his family made do with a shared pit latrine outside their home in Mukuru kwa Njenga, one of Nairobi’s largest informal settlements. The toilet was crowded, unhygienic, and frequently full. The worst part, he says, was the...
by Michelle Anekeya | Sep 22, 2025 | News
By Antony Ambugo In Kenya’s push to become a middle-income country, one basic but critical element is being left behind: sanitation. Despite decades of social and economic progress, the country is far from achieving universal access to safely managed sanitation. Open...
by Michelle Anekeya | Sep 1, 2025 | News
For more than three decades, Joyce Wangui has sold sugar, cooking oil, and mobile phone airtime from a tin-roofed kiosk in the winding alleys of Mukuru Kwa Njenga, one of Nairobi’s most densely packed informal settlements. Her kiosk, weather-beaten but orderly, is the...
by Michelle Anekeya | Aug 25, 2025 | News
In the dusty backstreets of many Kenyan towns, a common frustration echoes among residents of informal settlements — the taps are dry, or they’ve never existed. Despite rapid urbanisation, thousands of low-income households in Kenya’s cities and towns still lack...
