Kenya: Assessment of Kayole-Soweto Informal Settlement

Technical Assistance|Activity Status: Active
  • Sector
    Urban
  • Country
    Kenya
    Region
    Africa
  • Amount
    $200,000
  • Approval Date
    May 08, 2020
    Closing Date
    November 30, 2022
  • Donors
    United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO)
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Overview

activity

The GPRBA team is collaborating with the Bank’s regional GPURL unit and the Water Global Practice to undertake an evaluative study in the informal settlement of Kayole-Soweto, an informal settlement in Nairobi, which has benefitted from multiple GPRBA and other World Bank programs.

This study aims to understand how access to basic services, such as improved water and sanitation, electricity, streetlights, and roads, have helped transform the community. The activity is linked to the World Bank’s Second Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project.

A local firm, Kounkuey Design Initiative (KDI), completed the study in December 2021. The study documents residents’ perspectives of the physical and socio-economic changes that have taken place in Kayole-Soweto over the last decade and provides detailed recommendations for future investments. It was organized around the following thematic areas:

• Integrated infrastructure and services upgrading

• Socio-economic change

• Spatial, social, and economic inclusion and participation

• Shocks and stresses: COVID-19 and managing risk

• Maintenance and sustainability

• Learning for future investments