Kware is a slum neighbourhood in Embakasi within the city of Nairobi. Located in the larger Eastlands area of Nairobi, it is approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) east of the central business district. It borders the Mukuru slums.Initially, Kware was predominantly an informal settlement but over the years part Kware and Pipeline have earned a reputation for their poor infrastructure, coupled with overcrowded flats, narrow streets, littering, as well as its poor drainage system.
Kware | |
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  Kware Location of Kware in Kenya | |
| Coordinates: 1°18′52″S 36°53′17″E / 1.31444°S 36.88806°E | |
| Country | Kenya |
| County | Nairobi City |
| Sub-county | Embakasi |
Overview
editKware is located approximately 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) southeast of Nairobi's central business district, west of the Outer Ring Road within the Eastlands area in Embakasi. Kware, a mispronounced version of 'quarry', got its name from a nearby quarry site. It borders the Mukuru and Pipeline slums.[1] Electorally, Kware is placed under Embakasi South Constituency; the whole constituency is within the Embakasi Sub-county. Kware is also an electoral ward within the constituency.[2]
As of 2019, Kware together with Pipeline have a population of 166,517, with 87,056 of them being male and 79,439 being female. The neighbourhood has a population density of 106,445/km2 in a land area of 1.6km2, the highest after Huruma.[3]
References
edit- ^ "How Pipeline estate became the laughing stock of Nairobi". Nation. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "Kware County Assembly Ward". Kenya Cradle. Retrieved 2 December 2022.
- ^ "2019 Kenya Population and Housing Census Volume II: Distribution of Population by Administrative Units". Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. p. 247. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
Bodies found in Quarry in Kware On 12th July 2024 The Directorate of Criminal Investigations in Kenya, confirmed that six bodies have been retrieved from an abandoned quarry in Kware. The DCI said that all six bodies were females and had been killed in the same mode. In a statement, the Director of Criminal Investigations Mohamed Amin, said the bodies were severely mutilated and were in various stages of decomposition.
"Earlier today at approximately 1100hrs, the Embakasi Division Police and the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) responded to an urgent call from the public in the Villa area of Mukuru kwa Njenga," Amin said.https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/realtime/2024-07-12-dci-all-bodies-retrieved-at-kware-are-female-and-were-killed-in-similar-style/ https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/article/2001498869/shock-as-nine-bodies-retrieved-from-kware-dumpsite [1]