Kawangware

Kawangware (Swahili: [kawaŋˈgware]) is a low income residential area in Nairobi, Kenya, about 15 km west of the city centre, between Lavington and Dagoretti.

Most inhabitants live on less than $2 (although they earn in shillings) a day and unemployment is high; many are self-employed traders.

[1] Kawangware slum has more posho mills than bars, making it an ‘ugali nation’ for its over 130,000 mouths whose palates, unlike those of other Nairobians, have no time for supermarket unga, the grade-one sifted maize meal favoured by middle-class stomachs.

Water supplied by the city authority is not available every day[3] or it's otherwise expensive.

[1] The local residents do heavy low-income jobs to sustain their standards of living.