Half of Nairobi's population lives in slums, Amnesty
Nairobi, 14 June-(ANA)-More than half the population of Kenya's capital - some 2 million people - live in slums or informal settlements under threat of forced eviction and without access to such basic services as water or education, Amnesty International has said.
"This is a human rights scandal and an affront to their human dignity," said Irene Khan, Secretary-General of the human rights group, who visited the Kenyan capital k to launch a 44-page report, "The Unseen Majority: Nairobi's 2 million Slum-Dwellers." (ANA)