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====Kibera slum==== {{Main|Kibera}} [[File:Kibera, Nairobi May 2007.jpg|thumb|right|Kibera slums being upgraded to New Apartment by the Kenyan Ministry of housing and United Nations Habitat]] The [[Kibera]] slum in Nairobi is claimed by the Kenyan government to have a population of 185,777.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.knbs.or.ke/?wpdmpro=2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-i-population-by-county-and-sub-county |title=2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume I: Population by County and Sub-County |publisher=Kenya National Bureau of Statistics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191113191208/https://www.knbs.or.ke/?wpdmpro=2019-kenya-population-and-housing-census-volume-i-population-by-county-and-sub-county |archive-date=13 November 2019 }}</ref> However, non-governmental sources generally estimate the slum to have a population of 500,000 to 1,000,000, depending on what areas are defined as comprising Kibera.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/AdolKiberaSlums.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120511073842/http://www.popcouncil.org/pdfs/AdolKiberaSlums.pdf |archive-date=11 May 2012 |title=Adolescence in the Kibera Slums of Nairobi, Kenya |date=2007 |publisher=The Population Council |last1=Erulkar |first1=Annabel S. |last2=Matheka |first2=James K. |access-date=2 April 2022 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=https://tuengr.com/V02/197-213.pdf |title=Understanding the Grassroots Dynamics of Slums in Nairobi: The Dilemma of Kibera Informal Settlements |last1=Mutisya |first1=Emmanuel |last2=Yarime |first2=Masaru |journal=International Transaction Journal of Engineering, Management, & Applied Sciences & Technologies |date=2011 |access-date=30 May 2022 |pages=197β213 |archive-date=9 August 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170809033033/http://www.tuengr.com/V02/197-213.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2010/06/08/audio-slideshow-dr-biden-sees-kibera-kenya |title=Audio Slideshow: Dr. Biden Sees the Neighborhoods of Kenya |publisher=The White House |date=June 8, 2010 |last=Tomasini |first=Anne |access-date=30 May 2022 |archive-date=10 November 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161110062227/https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2010/06/08/audio-slideshow-dr-biden-sees-kibera-kenya |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thepeople.co.ke/21245/kibera-slum-lords-cash-misery/ |title=Kibera: How slum lords cash in on misery |website=www.thepeople.co.ke |access-date=27 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012221211/http://www.thepeople.co.ke/21245/kibera-slum-lords-cash-misery/ |archive-date=12 October 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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