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title="Mathare Valley">Mathare Valley</a> alone, the oldest of the slums that make up Mathare, is 180,000 people. Mathare is the home of <a href="/wiki/Football_(soccer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Football (soccer)">football</a> teams <a href="/wiki/Mathare_United" class="mw-redirect" title="Mathare United">Mathare United</a> and Real Mathare of the <a href="/wiki/Mathare_Youth_Sports_Association" title="Mathare Youth Sports Association">MYSA</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ghetto_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ghetto-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mathare is currently part of two electoral constituencies; the titular <a href="/wiki/Mathare_Constituency_(2013)" title="Mathare Constituency (2013)">Mathare Constituency</a> and the northern part being in <a href="/wiki/Ruaraka_Constituency" title="Ruaraka Constituency">Ruaraka Constituency</a>. The northern part was initially part of <a href="/wiki/Kasarani_Constituency" title="Kasarani Constituency">Kasarani Constituency</a> up to the <a href="/wiki/2013_Kenyan_general_election" title="2013 Kenyan general election">2013 elections</a> when Kasarani was split into three electoral constituencies; Ruaraka being among them. The southern part was domiciled in <a href="/wiki/Starehe_Constituency" title="Starehe Constituency">Starehe Constituency</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gang_violence">Gang violence</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mathare&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Gang violence"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2006, Mathare was damaged by violence between rival gangs the <a href="/wiki/Taliban_(gang)" title="Taliban (gang)">Taliban</a> (not to be confused with the <a href="/wiki/Taliban" title="Taliban">Islamist group</a> of the same name), a <a href="/wiki/Luo_(Kenya_and_Tanzania)" class="mw-redirect" title="Luo (Kenya and Tanzania)">Luo</a> group, and the <a href="/wiki/Mungiki" title="Mungiki">Mungiki</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Kikuyu_people" title="Kikuyu people">Kikuyu</a> group.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Brewers of an illegal alcoholic drink, <a href="/wiki/Chang%27aa" class="mw-redirect" title="Chang'aa">chang'aa</a>, asked the Taliban for help after the Mungiki tried to raise their taxes on the drink; since then, fighting between the two has led to the burning of hundreds of homes and at least 10 deaths.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Police entered the slum on November 7, 2006, and the <a href="/wiki/General_Service_Unit_(Kenya)" title="General Service Unit (Kenya)">General Service Unit</a> arrived a day later. However, many residents who fled are still afraid to return.<sup id="cite_ref-NYT_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On June 5, 2007, the Mungiki murdered two police officers in Mathare; the same night, police retaliated by killing 22 people and detaining around 100.<sup id="cite_ref-nyt2_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nyt2-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following the controversial <a href="/wiki/Kenyan_presidential_election,_2007" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenyan presidential election, 2007">presidential elections</a> that took place on December 27, 2007, gangs of Kikuyu and Luo youth engaged in violent fights and burned more than 100 homes.<sup id="cite_ref-Jeff_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Jeff-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mathare&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239009302">.mw-parser-output .portalbox{padding:0;margin:0.5em 0;display:table;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:175px;list-style:none}.mw-parser-output .portalborder{border:1px solid var(--border-color-base,#a2a9b1);padding:0.1em;background:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa)}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-entry{display:table-row;font-size:85%;line-height:110%;height:1.9em;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-image{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .portalbox-link{display:table-cell;padding:0.2em 0.2em 0.2em 0.3em;vertical-align:middle}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .portalleft{clear:left;float:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .portalright{clear:right;float:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}}</style><ul role="navigation" aria-label="Portals" class="noprint portalbox portalborder portalright"> <li class="portalbox-entry"><span class="portalbox-image"><span class="mw-image-border noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="flag" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/32px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="32" height="21" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/48px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/64px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span><span class="portalbox-link"><a href="/wiki/Portal:Kenya" title="Portal:Kenya">Kenya portal</a></span></li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kibera" title="Kibera">Kibera</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kawangware" title="Kawangware">Kawangware</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiambiu" title="Kiambiu">Kiambiu</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Korogocho" title="Korogocho">Korogocho</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mukuru_slums" title="Mukuru slums">Mukuru slums</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mathare&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Rodriguez-Torres, Deyssi. "Public authorities and urban upgrading policies in Eastlands: the example of 'Mathare 4A Slum Upgrading Project." In: Charton-Bigot, Hélène and Deyssi Rodriguez-Torres (editors). <i>Nairobi Today: The Paradox of a Fragmented City</i>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=African_Books_Collective&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="African Books Collective (page does not exist)">African Books Collective</a>, 2010. p. 61-96. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9987080936" title="Special:BookSources/9987080936">9987080936</a>, 9789987080939. The source edition is an English translation, published by <a href="/w/index.php?title=Mkuki_na_Nyota_Publishers_Ltd.&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd. (page does not exist)">Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd.</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://mkukinanyota.com/">[1]</a> of <a href="/wiki/Dar_es_Salaam" title="Dar es Salaam">Dar es Salaam</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tanzania" title="Tanzania">Tanzania</a> in association with the <a href="/w/index.php?title=French_Institute_for_Research_in_Africa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="French Institute for Research in Africa (page does not exist)">French Institute for Research in Africa</a> (IFRA) <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ifra-nairobi.net">[2]</a> The book was originally published in French as <i>Nairobi contemporain: Les paradoxes d'une ville fragmentée</i>, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Karthala_Editions&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Karthala Editions (page does not exist)">Karthala Editions</a> (<i>Hommes et sociétés</i>, ISSN 0993-4294). French version article: "Les pouvoirs publics et les politiques de reenovation urbaine aa Eastlands L'exemple du « Mathare 4A Slum Upgrading Project »", p. 101-146.</li> <li>De Lame, Danielle. "Grey Nairobi: Sketches of Urban Socialities." In: Charton-Bigot, Hélène and Deyssi Rodriguez-Torres (editors). <i>Nairobi Today: The Paradox of a Fragmented City</i>. <a href="/w/index.php?title=African_Books_Collective&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="African Books Collective (page does not exist)">African Books Collective</a>, 2010. p. 167-214. French version article: "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=O9pTMVqVsQoC&dq=%22Gris+Nairobi%3A+Esquisses+de+sociabilit%C3%A9s+urbaines%22&pg=PA221">Gris Nairobi: Esquisses de sociabilités urbaines</a>." p. 221-284. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/2845867875" title="Special:BookSources/2845867875">2845867875</a>, 9782845867871. <ul><li>Includes a section on Mathare, titled "Mathare: Valley of Blood and Tears", p. 205-209 (In French: "Mathare: vallée de sang et de larmes", p. 272-277).</li></ul></li> <li>"Mathare Valley. A Case Study of Uncontrolled Settlement in Nairobi." <a href="/wiki/University_of_Nairobi" title="University of Nairobi">University of Nairobi</a>, Housing Research and Development Unit. GITEC Consult (1995).</li> <li>"Mathare 4A Development Programme Feasibility Study Report." Ministry?</li> <li>Reback, Andrew. "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130319190725/http://www.design.upenn.edu/new/cplan/minisite/casestudies/matharecase.pdf">Slum Upgrading Case Study: Nairobi’s Mathare 4A</a>." September 2007.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mathare&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-NYT-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-NYT_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFGettleman2006" class="citation news cs1">Gettleman, Jeffrey (2006-11-10). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/world/africa/10kenya.html">"Chased by Gang Violence, Residents Flee Kenyan Slum"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2006-11-10</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Chased+by+Gang+Violence%2C+Residents+Flee+Kenyan+Slum&rft.date=2006-11-10&rft.aulast=Gettleman&rft.aufirst=Jeffrey&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2006%2F11%2F10%2Fworld%2Fafrica%2F10kenya.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMathare" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-ghetto-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-ghetto_2-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090807111732/http://www.mathareunited.com/">"Mathare United"</a>. Mathare United Football Club. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mathareunited.com/">the original</a> on 2009-08-07<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2006-11-11</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Mathare+United&rft.pub=Mathare+United+Football+Club&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mathareunited.com%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMathare" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-nyt2-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-nyt2_3-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1">"Police in Kenya Kill 22 in Gun Battles Over Sect". <i>The New York Times</i>. 2007-06-07.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+New+York+Times&rft.atitle=Police+in+Kenya+Kill+22+in+Gun+Battles+Over+Sect&rft.date=2007-06-07&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMathare" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Jeff-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Jeff_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Jeffrey Gettleman, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/world/africa/31kenya.html">"Disputed Vote Plunges Kenya Into Bloodshed"</a>, <i>The New York Times</i>, December 31, 2007.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mathare&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.OneLifeafrica.org/">OneLife Africa</a>-This organization exists to identify and equip at-risk young people in Mathare slums</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.matharevalley.org/">Mathare Valley Outreach</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mysakenya.org/">Mathare Youth Sports Association</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nsspt.org/">Nairobi Slums School Projects Trust</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.mwelu.org/">The Mwelu Foundation</a> - Grass-roots youth project centering on photography</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.made-in-the-streets.org/">Made in the Streets</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.blurb.com/books/1167636/">Mathare-Inn Photobook</a> Fundraising project by photographer Claudio Allia with texts by Claudio Torres.</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output 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