Pay up or get out! Nairobi’s slumlords | DW Documentary
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- Residents of Nairobi’s slums who can’t pay their rent get evicted and end up on the street. Over 90 percent of these tenants live in rented corrugated-metal shacks owned by slumlords with terrible reputations.
The slumlords of Nairobi mercilessly exploit the poorest of poor. One young man was shot and killed over five months’ rent, while Agnes Muhavishe, who tries to make ends meet by producing and selling soap, was recently thrown out of her shack after falling six months behind with her payments. Her husband does odd jobs to feed their children. Many of slumlord Peter Chege’s shacks are now vacant, as the COVID-19 pandemic has forced many tenants struggling to pay their rent out of their homes. He sees himself as a loser in the crisis.
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It's Kenya not Kenia
Hi @Official Ka-Muthoni, thanks for watching and pointing this out! Kenia is the German spelling of Kenya. We apologize for the mistake on the map and any issues caused.
Ooh, okay sincerely I didn't know that thanks for letting me know new thing today.
@JONAH MURIUKI grow up
Germanic languages usually pronounce y as i...spelling follows the same.
@JONAH MURIUKI Italy is Italien and France is Frankreich. It also says a "A Report by Daniel Sager", which is a very german name. If we are very direct, the word "Report" is written in small letter in english, so report, but in german you would write it with big letters. Yea and Kenia is the german name for Kenya. Small things
Nimesikia 'we use masheres' hapo mwanzo. Mnachoma 😭😭😭
Kimeumana-It has eaten by itself
wanachoma sana!!
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 we sare ume ua ati masheres
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
I grew up in Kayole. Not so far away but life was significantly better. We had Soweto slums down there. I now live in the U.S.A and definitely appreciate EVERYTHING because I know where I came from. I hope everyone watching this succeeds in life.
Apo kwa bridge 😅Tuma fare, uku maisha imekua tricky😅
True bro
AMEN
Nice to hear that u are in a better place now. No one deserves a life like this.
As a Dane, I don’t really have to succeed in life to get a nice life. It’s scary😅
how did u get to usa ?
Africa needs to lift their citizens out of extreme poverty is appalling that people have to live in this sought of live while their corrupt leaders live in lavish high-end upmarket areas
Send them your check
@@LuchadorMasque We, living in developed nations, are being exploited too. Most people live in relative poverty too.
It happens in the western world too...
The problems in Africa Feisal is multidimensional, curruption, overpopulation, bad leadership, poverty in general, bad trade deals, legislation, failed western aid programs, ethic groups tensions, great debt, weak tax systems and 100 other things. Its real sad, but I feel nothing has changed much since I was child 40 years ago.
@@larsstougaard7097 Well is up to you guys there to change the things for the better
It's why I always tell anyone who listens that crime is generated, not by some antisocial misfits, but by cruel, uncaring, extravagant governments that waste resources on projects of grandeur while at the same time dehumanising the fringe dwellers.
Crime is generated by self interest agents in an environment or finite resources. In other words anywhere in the universe where selective pressure exists.
No amount of riches will stop crime. This’s coming from a Kenyan who’s lived adjacent to and gone to this very slum.
@@negatron7321 Which is why collectivist cultures tend to have less crime. Collectivism means less self interest. Just compare crime in East Asia to crime in ohter parts of the globe. I lived in Yokosuka for 2 years since I was stationed there. Safest place I've ever been to honestly.
The government is the high priest of crime judges and lawyers are the apostles and the citizens become the victims of the dynasty to break the circle citizens have to build a union of defence based on humanity
@@Geeman782 Victims one and all.
Note...President Kenyatta is on Forbes Rich List with $500 million US wealth
What does that have to do with the documentary?
@@tommysolaceYT wealth distribution ..
You sound ridiculous? Are you recommending some communism nonesense...we live in capitalistic society, so Pres. Kenyatta is not obliged to assist other than what his government mandate
@@vxcvfyutube4957 please keep quiet if you know nothing about this country.His family has plundered kenya's resources since independence.All that wealth is not LEGITIMATE!!!!!
@@lucywambugu9430 you sound like a sore peasant.
I wish DW documentary could drop Agnes contacts for those willing to reach out and help
Old school medieval method of landlord.
@dražen g Sometimes they wait for the rainy season and remove the door and roof! They don't care...terrible!
Funny thing is we still have more money than him ha ha
Happens in posh rental places in Kenya and also America you get evicted if you do not pay mortgage or rent and your stuff thrown on the yard .We all have to understand that conditions are not that good at the slum but what options do they have as a tenant and as a landlord? same script different settings slum or posh area
@@nimukim5999 or even burn the house...there are enough people who would want the house.
at least the serfs had land to work and some sense of security
I can't imagine the amount of stress and pressure people like Agnes are under.
Sometimes I wonder which part of Nairobi I live in 😭😭this is so sad
Wewe ndo landlord wangu 😂
@@123official what do you mean?
DW please hire me to translate your interviews, sounds like Google translate was used.
Kwanza hapo kwa mashere😂😂😂😂😂😂
😂 seriously
This isn't the Nairobi I know but I know it exists I'm privileged and I acknowledge that and I'm deeply saddened by this seeing people struggle to get just the basic needs
If anyone knows if there's any NGO that helps people living in the slums please let me know I'd like to help
I am in the same area where she worked, will be on the lookout for her I had no idea of their plight
please reply to this comment if you get her contact
Have you found her? Do you know how I can get in contact?
@@maameserwaah2381 my ghanaian sister! Kind hearted people we are
I used to do charity work in slums a couple of years ago as a student. One morning you go into a person's house and from the conversations they initiate it's like they've been waiting for you. Like there's nothing to celebrate. This Earth is hard.
Why dont they move out of the city?
Living in a cave honestly soubds better than this.
@@yaykruser to go where?
@@ACuteKitty The woods
@@yaykruser you can't live in the woods. The forestry department will arrest you. That's government land. They can't even afford to move upcountry where they were born because they don't own any land and so they'll still need to pay rent in an area where there's even fewer available jobs. They're stuck
How can I get in touch with the mother with kids who can’t pay rent and send her kids to school?? Somebody please help I’ll be more then happy to pay a years rent and school fees for her kids.
🙏🙏🙏🙏 be careful about who will contact you. I find you can send western Union to people with identity card and access to cell phones
It's very easy for you to access her cell phone number
Send it to me. I'll make sure they get it
@@michaelcabada2933 *sigh*
You won't be able to send them money through here. All people reaching you will be scammers. There are many, many people in situations like them in africa and southern asia.
Kenya....hahahaha this is sad.This country is sitting on a land mine.Looking at Nairobi from the sky,one may think all is well.The nairobi skyscrapers is helping to hide the destitution below.
The skyscrapers don't hide anything, unless uko westy,
Housing problems are not a reserve of Kenya. Even the richest countries in the world have the same issue.
Well said
@@StudioQM That is a typical french cameroonian thinking.
I always say it is better to live in the countryside and do some farming and small business. Rather than to live this undignified life. Most Kenyans have ancestral land, I have never understood this mentality of crowding in city slums!
Remember people need cash to buy consumer goods as most people have been westernised in some form. In order to live exclusively off the land, one must go off the grid. People want a better life for them and their children access to medical care and western type education. They need money for these things, that's why they move to the cities looking for work to sustain this. Unfortunately when the majority are paid slave labour rates this is the consequence.
@@louvendran7273 It is a very difficult way of life
Many were dispossessed when the British took their land. Then they put the land in the name of white settlers when they left. And then in the names of the friends of white settlers when they left or in the hands of large farming companies
These families are forced to move to the city for kids to attend to schools ! This is the reason ...
@@georgetastoica3761 there are schools all over the country
5:23 She reminds me of my mother....and so many other Kenyan mothers.... hustling so hard in the heat just to put a meal in the table and get us through school....Kenyan mothers you are amazing. You are truly the only thing that keeps that country going.
Why have so many kids though? The struggling mother looks like she has 6-8 kids.
@@tubester4567 I think the only person who has a right to ask that question is one who can ask her directly in person....if you cannot do that then you do not need an answer and you wouldn't understand anyway.
@@benmzuri No need to be dismissive, pal. Beside, it's not hard to understand her situation at all. Culturally it is common to have many children, and birth control is unavailable anyway. Beside, while they are a financial burden now, hopefully one day they will support their parents when they are old and unable to work - that is how it worked since the dawn of times.
@@Origami84 Right, thats the reason, but this mentality just leads to more poverty and lack of resources. Maybe with 2 or 3 kids, she could afford to get them schooled and have a better chance of being looked after in her old age. Also, where are all the men? Maybe if men helped their wives kids could go to school.
I know they are poor people.,the government really needs to step up and provide school and services for the poor people.
I just wonder what pride is in having kids when we are not able to feed them and prepare them for a good future
Imagine: Having 100 Euros a month would change everything for someone like agnes. Literally life changing money.
and people like jeff bezos sitting on 100 bilion
@@Jono1982 but this is reality. Billionairs dont even have to pay taxes neither do millionairs so this has been and will always be like that.
@@WoofyMcDoodle fake news mate. In America, the top 1% of wealth pays 40% of all taxes collected. while the bottom 50% pays less than 2% of taxes collected. The whole rich don't do anything is fake news fed to us by media and haters to make us hate the rich. Hate and fear are the easiest way to control a population
@@kevinqin6051 yeah, the rich not only provide jobs but pay most of our countries taxes. People just want handouts, disgusting entitlement. They want to make good money working at fast food, ridiculous.
unless you change the system, no, it wouldn't. The landlord would just eat up that surplus, along as people need a house and the "market" is not regulated, they have absolute power.
This is just the tip of the iceberg. Slum-dwellers face a myriad of hardships every day.
Its their fault like that grandmother with her husband ,I am sure they have acres at home her husband doesn't have any sence to tell her to move to the village ,the only people who have an excuse are those with no land in the village
ICEBERG
@@janendegwa5462 Right. Some have large tracks of underutilized land upcountry. The government needs to make agriculture more attractive so that these people go back to the villages to farm.
@@janendegwa5462 Upcountry they are at the mercy of brokers. But it's a better than slum life
@@janendegwa5462 yo? What part of drought did you not understand... also BTW, did you know that Uganda and TZ have the same rainy seasons as us and their agriculture is subsidized and then come and sell those subsidized produce in Kenya thus killing any dream of any Kenyan farmer of turning a profit while Kenya keeps increasing taxes on farm inputs to pay back those loans that the pigs you put in power stole and ate?
0:24 Ati macheres 😂
Wow 😯 all that hustling just to maintain a single cement wall room!!😔🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽 no bath/ no kitchen! Just a roof and 4 walls for all of them
They have shared bath and toilets , the government can't provide housing to provide affordable housing the government solution was to build houses for sale with the cheapest being 10,000 dollars ,what is that now so the slum lords are the only solution
You leave well what makes you different from em they are happy than you with your money
DW your documentaries are addictive. This is another great documentary .
Hi @Samuel Wasike , we are glad you enjoy watching our documentaries :) thanks for watching and taking the time to comment!
Because they always film negative things in Africa to make it seem that all Africans are poor? If I was the president I would ban white people from doing such documentaries in Africa
@@hk254lyt8 1. That's racist. Seeing everything as a reflection of race is a nasty habit to have. 2. They talk about negative topics of everywhere. If you look into it, you'll find documentarys about African projects to save the wildlife, which isn't negative at all.
@@Max-kh1cf No we are tired of white people doing only negative documentaries in Africa. We are tired. There is an agenda!
What is great here, they just show problem and make money with it, and don't help anyone. They should pay their interviewers. It's people like you who applaud the negative
As a native swahili speaker, they ar not doing justices with the translation
Are they softening or exaggerating?
nah!!!the translation is in point
It is always like that. They were not correct some of the Somali translations of their other videos about Somalia and Somalis.
Stop lying he's translating well
Listen closely at 11.39 - Slum Landlord says he forgives the weak who cannot pay rent but translation is different
Anybody genuinely wishing to help that lady directly. Speak to DW documentary the film makers. Dont be fooled by scammers here
Grew up in that Area know all those machete guys... Life is not easy but through my knowledge(yani kuwa mjanja n thinking differently) i managed to get a job as a cleaner at Jomo kenyatta international airport and am making a living at least.
Hustle lazima bro, kama kawa👊👊
BorisH.. Thank you
Life wouldn't be as hard if we ditched the corrupt capitalist system we have and implement socialism. Look up the Communist Party of Kenya
Now do one about the slumlords in New York City....
Hapo sasa, they only want to show the poorest side of Africa and not with goodwill.
Lucy wangare, what is our mainstream media doing? At least DW is trying to expose some rot, what about NTV, Citizen and the rest? All I used to see in those channels is BBI and other political shit - things that don't matter.
@@petermangara5343 oooh, yes! They are busy with things that don't even make sense.
@@petermangara5343 Tell me about it...whenever I watch those Shows its all about Three People - Former PM - Vice President and The President
The west cannot show the rot in there own nation no no no its called white man supremacy.
It's sad to see what these people are going through when they are already suffering from extreme poverty. I hope the best for these people and the situation is settled, or they receive the help they need.
@DW i am just curious. Did you help her out with her rent after the interview? I know it's a band aid solution but its nothing but a spare change if converted to euro
DW documentary i wish you also get to my country Gambia.. am ready to welcome you people in Gambia... let the Chinese leave Africa
Why do you want the Chinese to leave Africa? (I'm not asking in a sarcastic way, I am wondering why you said that, that is all.)
music, you must not know much about china
@@tawan20082008 I wasn't asking about China...I was asking why the person wanted Chinese people out of Africa. A person's country of origin doesn't automatically explain why there'd be an issue from one person to another, hence me asking why they felt that way.
@@Music-hy4yd are you a Chinese
@@Music-hy4yd Everyone hates China and Chinese people. It's very popular in the news media. All white people and black people seem to hate the Chinese. Not sure why they choose to hate only the Chinese.
Did that Kikuyu brotha actually call pangas "macheres"! 😁😁😁
😂😁😅
🤣😂🤣 that was deep!
Nilifikiria ni mimi pekee nimeskia😝😝😝
🤣🤣🤣
To be fair, he seems like a reasonable man that's trying to make a living and provide a service that is affordable. Even with the price being just £30 per month.... it will take him 5 years to get his money back. He isn't really trying to scam people, he's just making lemonade out of the sour lemons he's got to work with.
Thanks Lincoln ... i had to scroll this far to get some sympathy for the 'slumlord' - just another kinda-honest man investing meagre heard earned CAPITAL in a very tough place with very sketchy Return on Investment.
Chege is scantly better than his tenants - if at all.
@Wischmopps can you hear yourself? this is not some High-rise london apartment leased for 10 years. These are some shacks where one month you get the rent, 5 month you dont
Thank you, DW for highlighting the difficulties of slum dwellers. There can only be a change if we take action.
Heart wrenching story. Our Kenyan leaders have a lot to atone to. Increased salaries for government offficials but no relief to the mwananchi
This is unfortunately how human existence has been throughout history until the advancements of 20th century. This used to be life in London, Paris, Berlin and Beijing.
The people that act like modern prosperity should be the norm everywhere are disregarding the time it has taken prosperous places to become prosperous.
My country went from extreme poverty to great wealth in 80 years and that was only achievable with help from the outside and because there are so few people here in a land full of resources that only modern technology could tap into.
The one criminal says:
"This is Africa"
In his mind I don't know what Africa means....?
Because of terrible corrupt politicians the rich Africa become a worthless place for human, it's a sad reality 😢
I learnt to say "this is Africa until we build a new one"
When were you last here? Don't make worthless sweeping statement about things you know nothing about, thanks.
The people in the slums have land in the villages some want to continue living in someones house for free if times are hard you're supposed to go to your village which is what land lords have been telling them
@@janendegwa5462 Not everyone has a village to go to. Secondly, due to this pandemic, many pple lost their jobs and are struggling to survive. This landlord is a creep.
@@nimukim5999 why are you struggling like that Granny she has a husband ,I bet they have a village very few people have no village to go to the only residents of mathare who have no village are descendants of mau mau thats the village they own and IDPs,losing your job is the reason you go back to the village
i'm in tears for that lady...imagine wanting to work in order to survive and yet not even finding a job.
For a landlord enforcer, this guy speaks passable English. Life must be hard, having an education yet can't get a job better than a henchman.
All Kenyans speak good English or most of them cause it’s the second language
Actually just speaking good english is not a sign of a very high education.it could be just a basic high school education or even just 7 year s of primary education.
@@lizznjeri9231 Who said anything about "very high education"? The fact that he learned to speak a language besides his native tongue suggest he got some schooling.
@@princeofpersia3575 Unless English is spoken at home, countries who have English as their 2nd language needs, at least, a high school education to be comprehensible.
@Joppa Kolla Your snowflake comment is OT.
I relate to this ,We have alot of kids who need help ,from school fees to school uniform,to pads , food and other basic needs generally ,i run a fries business around the ghetto and having this little kids always calling on me breaks my heart .Hugely bc most of the times they need more than I can offer .I'm calling out to anyone who can assist .help the people around you, no matter how little or big
Let's learn how to love and care for each other.
I just recommend going to the slums if you want to donate or help pay rents for the residents living there.
Be careful of scammers when using the internet or a wireless services to send money or donate something for them support.
I hope that helps y'all
DW, we live in the times of godundme and etransfers. There is no reason you cannot obtain a certified contact and share it with viewers who want to help. There is no excuse. I want to help pay for the 57 year old woman and anyone else in that slum and you’re the only one who knows how to contact them! You need to do more to allow your viewers to HELP!
@DW could not run that, and even to farm it out requires them to pick winners and losers as to which Charity or Group to Support. However, we could come together and do it. We could do it if we put our minds to it.
There are MAAANY request for how to help .. how to help that lady bla bla....But DW may understand that some little fleeting sympathy feelings ... forgotten in an hour ... solves NOTHING of the big picture. 1000 USD collected for Agness before we go to another vide will not change her life at all.
So DW just goes on to do their business - make documentaries.
*KENYANS SHOULD REJECT **#BBI* LIFE WILL BE MORE WORSE
Wacha kuleta siasa hapa nkt
It's not a matter of rejecting or not, it's already been decided.
Yaani umeleta Bbi huku Dw?
Kaaagura... yaaani hustler pia mushaa leta huku??
I hope the DW crew ended up chipping in to help out Agnes
Omg!!!!..The struggle is real,from today I'll stop complaining and appreciate what I have in life.
So why did you film him instead of pushing him off the roof and doing the populace a favour?
Trying to draw blood from stone. 😢
While this is true representation of the situation, a lot is lost in the interpretation.
Well Said
Please provide a more believable interpretation - because propaganda is a universal language
True
The landlord uses modes of violence to get monies owed. Clear and vivid. What, pray tell, is lost in translation???
@@symontemplar1418 so? I can guarantee he is not going with a machete after the 57-year old granny, but he will go after the one that partied with drinks the previous night but in the morning is telling him he doesn't have money for rent. Did you not hear that some tenants haven't paid for 5 months? He is basically doing a public service which isn't done by anyone. Luiz Sakwa is correct, but you Symon are a sheltered ignorant tool which doesn't have the slightest idea how the world works
stop having kids if your so poor..
@Rab McDonald Agreed. Its a poverty trap. People believe that children represent wealth and has many as they can. This explosion is going to place western Europe into crisis. Mark my words mate.
Cauze sex is free and birth control is expensive. One of documentary not sure which part of Africa the prostitute uses plastic bag as condoms 🥲
How exactly would they do that? And then how would we achieve genetic diversity. 🤔
That sofa perfectly fits the Slumlord.
He actually said macherezz 😄 wakenya na swag mtaa 🇰🇪
😂😂😂😂💔macherrreezzzz
nilijua kuna comment tu
The one's that are right next to you are the one's that are the most willing to exploit you no matter who we are. What happens in these slums isn't anything new. The behavior is the same.
Most people are afraid of what other people think, and that fear alone will make most people turn their anger and frustration against the one's next to them instead of standing up for themself.
The most cowardly people always act as if they are there for you, except that is manipulation. This is why the one that is the most important to trust in this world, is oneself.
Struggles are real. Amidst the challenges still,we have beautiful ,optimistic and hard working people determined to change their story. @Dw,thank you for highlighting the story.Your documentaries tell stories always.
The Old way : Beating people with sharp weapons (Asia/Africa)
The New way : Beating People with missiles (EU/US)
THIS IS THE WAY
Agnes is raising her children's children. Just my thoughts
Very likely. Still, her children seem to be producing alot of offspring ...
Was wondering too and afraid to comment
Its about time the government legalized ,family planning
@@jemimawalubengo7623 ... Where is it illegal? ... Condoms are free, morning after is $1, long term contraceptive $10.
Salary of 1 dollor per day... rent of 30 dollars per month... god help these ppl
One of life hacks while living in slums is to lock your door with two padlocks. Landlords lock won't get a space
A thug who speaks english better than one CEO friend of mine.
Agnes seems like a really good person and I hope the best for her..thanks
the government is not help their people so my Somali people helping Kenya people wlh without Somali people in Nairobi they will dead if I am like ask them the government is not good to their people thanks a lot Kenya 🇰🇪 people you guys are good people but your government isn't May Allah help Africa
The poor will alway's in the receiving end regardless which country you're from.
The guy should be reported to Kenya Revenue Authority this clip should be forwarded to KRA, I know the guy doesn't pay any taxes, they should visit him soon
Wacha wivu boss
*THEY PROBABLY WILL ... TO TAKE A BRIBE.*
@@vxcvfyutube4957 sio wivu....non tax payers should pay.I pay taxes.
@@vxcvfyutube4957 uwivu gani Kwa mtu anatuma wezi kutisha tenant.
@@vxcvfyutube4957 uwivu gani Kwa mtu anatuma wezi kutisha tenant.
If you can mentally cope in situations like these people I believe you are a very strong person.
This landlord was one of the worst specimens of humanity. Total narcissist.
Why does DW always focus om African slums propagating the poverty theme
Someone has to, we Africans, especially Kenyans like to act like there's no poverty amongst us..but for our resilience and fortitude, our beloved country would be as desolate as our unfortunate neighbors due to bad management...
There are better stories to tell rather than focusing on slums in Africa
Because 16 million or 36% of Kenyans live in poverty?
TRUE... I WANT TO DOCUMENT THE GOOD HAPPENING IN MATHARE, I AM MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY
Yet again Africa is painted in a bad light...so many good things are happening in Africa but we'll never see documentaries about them
"Machere" huh?!
🤣🤣🤣 pls stop
baana heheee
Sounds nicer though! 😂😂😂
Yes. He actually said macherezz 😄 wakenya na swag mtaa
Tired of wazungus always showing about Africa in a bad light thank God for African youtubers who are changing the narratives.and all this is just an act they been paid to do this bs of slumlords
*MAXI = FOOL!*
But you know it doesn't change the fact that it's happening and continues to exist
Your kind are part of what's wrong with Africa
Kenya can do better like China and left it’s poorest citizens out of poverty by providing them with proper housing.
That was so heartbreaking to watch! I wish that I could send some assistance directly to that older lady. Lord have mercy!!!!
i can find her for you
The only solution is in Christ.
same i would give her 200 euros
@@Truthful7777 lol
@@geoffrey5161 I don’t say this but scripture ie word of God.
Normally i'd prefer a market driven system. But in this particular scenario, the state needs to develop some amount of competancy and pool resources.
As the chinese did, there is a time and place for every system tobbe optimally applied, Kenya needs a welfare state until atleast there is a human and material capital base that can thrive under a market driven system. This is just sad, similar to what some of the worst places in India has here.
Yeah no, all that money will be stolen, I trust our former colonizers more than my own government...
This is very true. A market driven system in a money-poor society creates ruthlessnes and man eat man dynamic you see here.
+Alexander Philip A welfare state is too expensive to maintain without many tax payers making making 80% of the population. Because africans countries have high birthrate and lots of illegals immigration.
A welfare state will be a fiasco that will just push hardworking kenyans to move out as the gouvernement will tax them more
A welfare state is something that Kenya likely can't afford
Without a market driven system they wouldn't even have those shacks. The government only siphons money away from the ppl and spends a fraction, if any.
This is truly awful to see. Does the Kenyan government not have plans to build basic need infrastructure like water, sewage, power and housing?
A society cannot make any progress or rise from poverty without those fundamental needs being met. Along with education, road infrastructure and healthcare they all must be met or the cycle of poverty will continue.
Problem is Africa is and was 50-75 years behind western civilization. Everything we in Europa has had for decades many parts of Africa is still lacking. It starts with how society is build from the ground up, infrastructure, and so on. When you look at big cities in Africa(almost all), its the same picture lacking everything everywhere. Even basic stuff like water and sewage and electricity.
@@johnnycyborg9145 You expect too much of Africa. Primal impulse rules over deferred gratification.
The sun shines that's all
Corruption is rife throughout the government, you're asking if there's any money for plans like infrastructure, healthcare initiatives or education? Sure there is... Sometimes, but it doesn't land in the pockets of the many where it's needed most... It lands in the pockets of the few, the rich people in Kenya are just made richer. Embezzlement is commonplace in Kenya, it's a scourge on an already beleaguered country.
these people can't afford the rent, don you think they will be able to afford electricity and tap water?
this guy doesn't even see nothing wrong with it 😂🤭
He just doesnt care. He has to eat too.
"This is the way"
This is not charity. He still need to eat too. He does his job like clockwork like everyone does. Just instead of banks lawyering up. He takes matter on his own hands.
@@edster8416 ikr - he manages a business in a very corrupt area where the police takes bribes to operate. It takes a savvy entrepreneur to survive in those conditions.
He has to eat too
0:41 Big lie that Mathare is 800,000 people. The entire Machakos City is less than 500,000 people
It's cooked number due to aim to get more donor money for govt cartel.
@@DaxL_net very true
in my opinion this covid 19 issue is going to reengineer the world.
people will discover the beauty of rural area and will never return to the madness in the city
Hopefully
I truly hope so.
LOL. Not really as the recent wildfires are putting an end to that.
@@shauncameron8390 No wildfires in Kenya. Countryside as beautiful as ever. Elephants in baby boom as we speak.
I lived in Mathare's Bonde area during a certain phase of my life. It was not the best I desired but life put me here. I really wanted to get out so hard, no support no network no nothing. Sadly enough, I saw many NGOs setting up but no major impact on livelihoods here. There's so much untapped potential among the youngins there. I hope one day I'll be able to do something meaningful for my hood. Jah Bless. Great coverage DW👊
Those NGOs do nothing if they solve the problems they aren't needed anymore so they will never improve anything.
8 months late but I'm just curious on the view of an insider. What do you think the NGOs are doing wrong, and what could they do to make stuff better instead?
My initial thought was to go there and build a school.. But I guess it really needs to be a community driven venture, otherwise it will just be another white man coming and doing charity (I guess?)
NGOs ni scam. They collect Billions of Dollars "to help poor Africans" and then spend 95% of the money on conferences, hotels, salaries and airfare in Europe and America. Tunafaa kuwatupa nje. Making money on our misery.
@@KevinDeLaNoy from an insider's perspective, I am where I am because of an NGO. Although many of them are known to be cash cows for the directors . Only 20% of the cash is actual help for the dwellers, the rest is enjoyed amongst the hierarchy
you should have posted agnes' number in case someone could send her something
Exactly. I would give her dayburg job if I lived closer. I love the dedication of older women with responsibilities
Great documentary by DW great work keep up the good work 👏👏👏
8 ppl in a one room shack and yet they’re still breeding! Poor ppl will NEVER learn! Yes. I know what I’m talking about because that how I grew up in squalor because of my parents’ stupidity!!! It’s 2021, the cycle needs to be broken!!!
Exactly. I mean, if I wouldn't have a stable financial situation, I wouldn't even think about making children
Some but not all.
I would like to assist the elderly lady .. does anyone know how I can get her contacts?.. Thx in advance.. Sad how this pandemic has made things sooo hard for so many..
oh please....
Poor family planning,6 to 7 kids that you can’t provide for.
When you hear that tell him hello for me
akikuja say hello huyu jamaa ni hatari
It's a real shame for humanity
How do I get Agnes’ details in order to help her financially? Can someone please help me? Thanks
The only way is to contact the reporters. It's very difficult to find a reliable person to get you her number. And if you do. Video call the number to confirm it's her
i am her neighbour and can give you her direct number so that you confirm with her and i can videocall you so you see her and talk to her yourself
@@allthingsfarida3378 ok so give her number
OMG HAVE LESS KIDS LIKE HOW RE.... ARE THESE PEOPLE EVERY SINGLE VIDEO THAT I SEE OF THESE PEOPLE ALWAYS SAME THING MORE KIDS THEN THEY CAN TAKE CARE OFF!!!! Most of them don't even become good citizens actually that is usually the case for most if not all in most families.
This lady agnes should be the focal point of this documentary she is living rough despite her age i think something has to be done to rescue her from this kind of life.
I agree--I’m helping a young guy in Nairobi now start a produce cart. Try to find more about Agnes
So the only person who plans and builds something is the villain.
Exactly.
I feel for the poor lady I wish I could help I'd happily buy materials and build her a decent shack
The fact they put Kenia not Kenya just surprises me...like really.a little research
It is a German channel. They spell Kenya in that way...same way as we spell their country Ujerumani in Kiswahili. All languages use different spellings for other countries.
Very little difference between this town and Detroit, Baltimore, and Harlem.
Oh, really?!?
Why does The OLDEST Continent in the World
still lives without power and running water???
Other countries only been around a few hundred years
Are light years ahead in technical Advancements!
Why???? 🤔
That landlord looks like he's suffering more than his tenants, "30 houses" he says he owns, ok.
Lol anyone who has lived in a slum will tell you that the landlords never "dress" up. In fact, they go to great lengths to dress even worse than their tenants and remain inconspicuous and unless you need to, you won't ever know who they are or how much they're worth.
If you're gonna make a documentary about Kenya, at least have the decency to spell the word Kenya correctly...That's Kenya, not Kenia
Can't believe they did that!
Most of us grew up in similar circumstances, hardened us for these streets. Keep going.
Why do POOR people have Sooo Many Children?
Doesn’t make any sense and you see 👀 it EVERYWHERE!!!!
A whole news network couldn't find the correct spelling for the word 'KENYA'
Kenia is the official name. Even computer systems or global records know Kenia. It always baffles me
Smart enough to post on RUclips but not smart enough to figure maybe some country (language) might spell it differently?
Always reminds me of 'a little knowledge is a dangerous thing' and 'the empty can makes the loudest noise'
This whole the landlord has enforcers is just logical. Anytime a human or entity comes into a little bit of a position of power they always have a way to enforce it. Look at countries and armies, cities and police, courts and bailiffs. Its just human nature and the way the genetics of society works.
Felt so sad for the old lady she should be retired by now
really? Is a woman at the age of 57 retired in France, or Germany, or UK ?
@@crimsonlightbinder in European countries women don’t ha o sit on the corner to beg for work.
Depends where you work and what you do some can retire at 55 years of age.
You can’t even compare a European women with an African women. Look she looking after so ma children. No running water or electricity can age you mentally real fast.
No.I am lucky where I was born and would not trade to live in a severely poor country.
I hope and pray that all these tremendously poor countries have better governments to help these extremely poor people and fight corruption.
and THIS is why they will never change.
It so sad, for that mom😭
Likely a grandma
Anyone who know that Woman Agnes give me her contacts I want to share the small that I have with her family