| dc.description.abstract | Kenyan urban centres, like many in the world, are characterised by huge slums. The Kibera
Slum Upgrading Project was the first project to be undertaken by the Government of Kenya
and various partners through the Kenya Slum Upgrading Programme (KENSUP) that aimed
at providing better housing and improved livelihood to the slum dwellers as they lacked
proper housing structures, water and sanitation, security and security of tenure and income
generating activities. This research investigated the extent to which the residents of the
Kibera slum upgrading project were satisfied with their new housing environment
considering that they had been moved from the slum. The research sort to find out if the
project was a success in terms of providing the residents with improved housing conditions
in terms of socio economic factors such as sanitation, water availability, security of tenure and
security. This was based on the resident’s satisfaction with the various socio-economic factors. A
survey was done using a self-administered questionnaire which was filled by the respondents and
other was interviewed depending with their level of understanding. The likert questionnaire was
on satisfaction levels of the respondents on the various issues influencing housing satisfaction. A
sample size of 263 respondents was used and the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS)
version 17 was used in data analysis and the results were presented in frequency tables. A
correlation analysis was also done on the responses to determine the extent of their relationship
to housing satisfaction in the kibera slum upgrading project. The survey in the Kibera slum
upgrading project showed that a majority of the residents were satisfied with the upgraded
housing units in terms of water and sanitation, security, security of tenure and few we satisfied
with the availability of income generating activities and with a majority of the residents being
satisfied the research concluded that the project was mainly a success as a majority of the
residents were satisfied with the provided housing and based on the socio economic factors of
availability of water ,sanitation, security of tenure and security, but there are areas to improve
on like the provision income generating activities and security of tenure. The study recommends
the government and partners to address the issue of income generating activities and security of
tenure as this will improve on housing satisfaction. | en |
