In the midst of heavy rainfall in Nairobi, Mathare residents face forced evictions

(10 May 2024)
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Nairobi, Kenya - 8 May 2024
1. Mathare neighbourhood residents carrying household items and running from tear gas
2. Kenyan police looking over abandoned area, tear gas rising
3. Woman walking carrying suitcase on her head, children wiping their eyes
4. Kenyan police firing weapon across abandoned ground towards crowd
5. Excavator demolishing house
6. Pan of damaged houses, crowd in street
7. Men carrying belongings through crowd
8. Crowd in street, man filming with phone camera
9. Tilt down to Winnie Makinda (wearing red), a mother of eight including Ian Henry Otieno, a 17-year-old boy who was killed by a bulldozer demolishing houses
10. Various of Makinda and another woman walking between Mathare homes
11. Various of Makinda with her children
12. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Winnie Makinda, mother of Ian Henry Otieno:
“They killed the only one who would help me. Who will help me? Who will help me? I have schooled him until form three (high school), all by myself. He has no father, no grandmother, no grandfather. I am the only provider.”
13. Tilt up of Makinda holding photo of Otieno
14. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) Winnie Makinda, mother of Ian Henry Otieno:
“Since my child died, he is in the mortuary unattended to. I just found him there. You can only identify him because he has an Arsenal jersey and new blue jeans. You can’t even want to look at his head, it’s crushed. His body has not been embalmed. I only had fare given to me by my friends.”
15. Business owner Millicent Otondo retrieving wood from her demolished shop
16. Various of Otondo looking at building adjacent to her shop being demolished
17. SOUNDBITE (English) Millicent Otondo, business owner:
“I have been here for over 20 years. Come yesterday, the engineers from (indistinct) came and they made a mark. After making the mark, the guys took advantage to demolish our shops. Today morning, I found everything is not there which was worth 800,000 (Kenyan shilling, $6,100 US).”
18. Various of Otondo arranging her household items in classroom
STORYLINE:
First came the floods washing away peoples homes and livelihoods.
Then came the bulldozers sweeping away what was left.
For Winnie Makinda, the bulldozer killed her 17-year-old son who was trying to salvage something from the ruins of the floods and bulldozer to try and make a little money to help his family survive the harsh economic conditions in the impoverished neighbourhood of Mathare, in the Kenyan capital Nairobi.
In the midst of heavy rainfall in Nairobi, Kenya, residents of Mathare are facing forced evictions from their homes.
The Kenyan government has ordered the evacuation of people from flood-prone areas, resulting in the demolition of houses and the loss of at least one life in the melee caused by the forced evictions.
Thirty-five year old Winnie Makinda, a single mother of eight children is grieving the killing of her 17-year-old son, Ian Henry Otieno. Her was killed when the bulldozer crushed his skull.
The heartbroken mother explains how she single-handedly raised the deceased until high school in hopes that he would help her in future.
“I have schooled him until form three (high school). All by myself! He has no father, no grandmother, no grandfather. I am the only provider.” Tears rolling down her face, she cries out in anguish, “ Who will help me! Who will help me!”
The young boy's body is still laying in the morgue, on the floor and at the risk of decaying as the mother cannot afford the cost of refrigeration or embalming.
AP video shot by Joe Mwihia
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Is this taxation in France, uk or Germany

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To sad

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How I wish kenya would get rid of all slums..replace slums with affordable housing.

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@@dianakiki533 you're a poor country you can't afford that dream.