nyangau mkenya
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East Africa Slum city
But Dar es Salaam is a long way from
Singapore. The Asia city-state's economy was
worth $260bn last year compared with $23bn
for the whole of Tanzania, which remains one
of the poorest countries in the universe
The UN estimates that 70% of Dar es Salaam's
population live in informal settlements; there
are no slums in Singapore.
Slum clearance would be vital to any
regeneration project. It would involve
rehousing possibly hundreds of thousands of
people, and the extra headache of clarifying
the legal status of the land that has often
passed down through generations of families
without any legal paperwork.
The Tanzanian authorities do not have a great
record with such projects. Some 600 families
had their homes destroyed by floods late last
year. The government promised to rehouse
them, but most are still living in temporary
shelters or have been left to fend for
themselves.
Which is the poorest city in the world?
......
Addis Ababa and Dakar, which come in at No
10 and 9, have some positive developments to
note, says the UN. They are both investing in
infrastructure and manufacturing, and striving
to overcome what is their key problem: the
instability of Ethiopia and Senegals
immediate neighbours.
Harare, at No 8, however, is a city in steep
decline. Once a key economic motor in
Zimbabwe with a cityscape and infrastructure
to match, the city is crumbling, and more
people than ever live in makeshift slums. Dar
es Salaam, Tanzania, can only dream of
Harares slum levels: a full 70% of the citys
population lives in informal settlements. Like
other cities on the list, though, Dar is a victim
of its own success: the population had
doubled in the last two decades to 4 million.
In Zambia, a mineral-rich country that is
Africas largest producer of copper, life
expectancy is just 56, and the capital, Lusaka
the fifth poorest in the world struggles to
cope with high levels of HIV and Aids.
I'm talking about kibera bro, you are mistaken!! Teh teh..