Kayole
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{{Short description|A low-income neighbourhood in Nairobi}}
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Kayole is a low-income neighbourhood in the city of Nairobi. Located within the larger Eastlands area of Nairobi, it is approximately {{convert|11|km}} east of the central business district.
Location
Kayole is located approximately {{convert|11|km}} east of Nairobi's central business district, straddled by Kangundo Road to the south, within the Eastlands area in Embakasi. It borders other low-income neighbourhoods such as Donholm, Njiru, Saika and Umoja. Electorally, Kayole is placed under Embakasi Central Constituency; the whole constituency is within the Embakasi and Njiru sub-counties.
Overview
Kayole is generally a low-income, high-density, mixed-use neighbourhood located in Nairobi's Eastlands area.{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Kayole, a clutter of tall storey buildings |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000009081/kayole-a-clutter-of-tall-storey-buildings |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=The Standard |language=en}} It encompasses other smaller neighbourhoods such as Sabasaba and Kayole-Soweto. Due to its affordability, Kayole hosts low-income earners, holding a significant percentage of the city's population. The neighbourhood exhibits characteristics of a slum; has a mix of storey buildings as well as slum-like structures especially in Kayole-Soweto slum to the south.{{Cite web |title=Kenya: Assessment of Kayole-Soweto Informal Settlement {{!}} The Global Partnership for Results-Based Approaches (GPRBA) |url=https://www.gprba.org/activities/kayole-soweto-informal-settlement |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=www.gprba.org}} A significant number of residents in Kayole are unemployed, live in abject poverty, and can barely raise $1 a day.{{Cite web |date=2020-12-08 |title=Transforming Kayole |url=https://pawa254.org/2020/12/08/transforming-kayole/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=PAWA254}}
In terms of security, Kayole is riddled with criminal gangs, kidnappings, armed and aggravated robberies, theft, as well as child trafficking.{{Cite web |date=2021-06-20 |title=Why Kayole is The Crime Capital of Nairobi - |url=https://mwanahabari.co.ke/why-kayole-is-the-crime-capital-of-nairobi/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |language=en-US}} With a significant number of crimes committed by female perpetrators.{{Cite thesis |title=The Effect of Women Involvement in Violent Crime: A Case Study of Kayole, Nairobi County |url=http://erepo.usiu.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/11732/4930 |publisher=United States International University - Africa |date=2019 |degree=Thesis |language=en |first=Mercy Wambui |last=Nguni}}{{Cite web |last=MURAYA |first=JOSEPH |date=2019-08-21 |title=In Kayole, youthful criminals are ready to kill just to impress their girlfriends » Capital News |url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2019/08/in-kayole-youthful-criminals-are-ready-to-kill-just-to-impress-their-girlfriends/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=Capital News |language=en-US}} The criminal gangs are distinct from other gangs in neighbourhoods such as: Mathare, Huruma, Dandora and Eastleigh.{{Cite web |date=2020-09-15 |title=Scars of the gangs: Inside the Criminal Underworld of Nairobi’s Eastlands |url=https://nairobinews.nation.africa/scars-of-the-gangs-inside-the-criminal-underworld-of-nairobis-eastlands/ |access-date=2022-11-15 |website=Nairobi News |language=en-US}} Reports of extra-judicial killings by law enforcement in Kayole are also high.{{Cite news |date=2019-04-16 |title=How Facebook is being used to profile and kill Kenyan 'gangsters' |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-47805113 |access-date=2022-11-15}}
As of 2019, Kayole has a population of 189,189, with 70,461 of them being residents of Kayole North, 118,728 in Kayole Central and Kayole South.{{cite web|url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/?wpdmpro=2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-ii-distribution-of-population-by-administrative-units&wpdmdl=5728&ind=MT12f0IDWVM-a0J2dc3Xi42qelbruMwR0a7XIWb0iAwnedEVNBjd_1FEwMun_eI5 |title=2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume II: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units |access-date=28 March 2020 |website=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics|pp=247}}
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