A ‘tap and go’ revolution in Kibera
I n Ke n ya, there are appr o xim a tely 2.5 million people residing in the count r y ’ s 200 settlements . Kibera – mo s t famous among these s e t tlements – is home to almo s t 1 million people, making it one the bi g g e s t of slums in Africa. Ap p a r entl y , Kibe r a ’ s r esidents sha r e 600 t oil e ts, m e aning that on ave r a g e, one t oil e t se r ves 1,300 people. This has seen many r esidents opt f or other m e ans of sani t ation including use of what has be c ome known as ‘ flying t oil e ts’ and putting most peopl e ’ s h e alth at a ris k . This has seen many non- g overnmen t al o r g ani z ations (NGOs) t r ooping t o the a r e a t o d e velop solutions t o this p r oblem. Among these is Umande T rus t , an NGO b ased in Kibe r a that has d e veloped over 25 bi o - c ent r es ac r oss Nai r obi and about 10 bi o - c ent r es ac r oss Kibe r a t o