MUUNGANO

MUUNGANO TO SETTLE 200 POOR KENYANS
Muungano wa wanavijiji Nakuru Region Organization plans to build
houses and settle over 200 members of the orgernization.
This was revealed recently by the Nakuru regional coordinator Mr James
Mwangi when he and other officials talked to The Nakuru Post
The orgernization that is supported by the Akiba Mashinani Trust (AMT)
targets slum dwellers in the country.
The Nakuru region branch has over 3000 members drawin from over 50
communities based on self-help groups.
In the larger Nakuru county including Nakuru town, Njoro, Rongai,
Naivasha, Molo, Gilgil Subukia among others.
The official said the first phase of the settlement project dubbed
“Green Field Project” will settle the beneficiaries in Njoro, Pipeline
and Kwa Ronda in total of 25 acres of land.
The chairman of the project Mr Sammy Njoroge said that the project
will cost the orgernization about 15 millio***** that include the cost
of purchasing land and building houses the beneficiaries told The Post
of Nakuru that project will be implemented before the end o ftheis
year.
Meanwhile, in another project, Muungano organization is leasing with
partners like Forum SYDO and the Kenya Youth Alive Foundation to
educate and sensitize its members on devolved funds initiatives by
government including the Constituency Development Fund (CDF)
The coordinator Mr James Mwangi said the project will involve Muungano
members through constituencies including Nakuru, Naivasha and Rongai.
The coordinator noted that many common citizens in the county are
aware of chair rights on the devolved funds especially CDF whose main
aim was to benefit poor people in the country.
Muungano wa Wanavijiji helps poor Kenyans who live in low class
regions in urban centers orgernise themselves into savings initiatives
to help uplift their livelihood.
By support of the International Slum Dwellers Association, the Pamoja
Trust Kenya, the groups access loans to uplift their lives.
Muungano also advocate for land rights of marginalized people in the
country apart from settlement of infrastructure.
According to statistics, about three million Kenyans live in slums.
This accounts to about 10 percent of the country’s 38 million
population.
Re*** indicate that slum dwellers in Kenya are confronted with pu** of
land housing, water scarcity, sanitation, power outage, access to
education and health facilities, unemployment, insecurity among other
socio-economical amenities.
The Nakuru region branch was started in the 2003 after a group of
stakeholders visited Nakuru and assessed a few community-based
orgernizations.