Remembering the Destruction of Muoroto: Slum Demolitions, Land and Democratisation in Kenya
The article discusses the slum demolitions, land and democratisation in Kenya. It suggests that a group within the Kenya African National Union (KANU) has intensified the demolitions in the 1990s, as the fight for multi-party elections began to heighten. It is said that the the reason behind the demolition was securing a slum clearance, a way of keeping in check urban popular dissent, which was linked to support multi-partyism. It is cited that slum clearance was also a way to punish insubordination through withdrawing access to land.
Klopp, Jacqueline M.1
[1]School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University,
