Embakasi Pipeline
Pipeline | |
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  Pipeline Location of Pipeline in Kenya | |
| Coordinates: 01°19′10″S 36°53′46″E / 1.31944°S 36.89611°E | |
| Country | Kenya |
| County | Nairobi City |
| Sub-county | Embakasi |
Pipeline is a
littering, as well as its poor drainage system
.
Location
Pipeline is located approximately 9.5 kilometres (5.9 mi) southeast of Nairobi's
low-income
to
low Fedha and Kware, and the middle class suburb of Imara Daima. Electorally, Pipeline is placed under Embakasi South Constituency
; the whole constituency is within the Embakasi Sub-county.
Overview
Pipeline Estate has over the years become synonymous with a concrete
low-income earners because of its affordability.[3] The neighbourhood has seldom set aside open spaces that can be used for recreation, expansion of roads and development of social amenities.[4] As space in Pipeline ran out, uncontrolled development spread out to the neighbouring poorer Kware Estate.[5] The neighbourhood population is alarmingly high, accommodating approximately 100,000 residents without a single public primary school.[6][7]
As of 2019, Pipeline together with Kware 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 and Madiwa.[8]
References
- ^ Thronjo, Paul. "Nairobi's darkest estate: Where tenants use torches during the day". The Standard. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ Odongo, David. "Why Nairobi's Pipeline estate is an accident waiting to happen". Standard Entertainment. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ Jalango, Irvin. "Pipeline estate is a facade of what Nairobi will be". Standard Entertainment. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Nairobi Pipeline estate: Where children are forced to play on rooftops". Citizen Digital. 21 August 2022. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "How Pipeline estate became the laughing stock of Nairobi". Nation. 15 February 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Alarm over high population in Pipeline Estate". Nairobi News. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 13 November 2022.
- ^ "Concern as Nairobi's populous estate has no public primary school". Citizen Digital. 12 October 2022. Retrieved 13 November 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.
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