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<h2 id="gang-violence">Gang violence</h2> <p>In 2006, Mathare was damaged by violence between rival gangs the <a href="/facts/Taliban_(gang)/PEvhtgYC">Taliban</a> (not to be confused with the <a href="/facts/Taliban/VJC0WJlq">Islamist group</a> of the same name), a <a href="/facts/Luo_(Kenya_and_Tanzania)/qhzl8Dcz">Luo</a> group, and the <a href="/facts/Mungiki/BWXN8I40">Mungiki</a>, a <a href="/facts/Kikuyu_people/a1qvGE4q">Kikuyu</a> group.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> Brewers of an illegal alcoholic drink, <a href="/facts/Chang%27aa/0gpAy1tG">chang'aa</a>, asked the Taliban for help after the Mungiki tried to raise their taxes on the drink; since then, fighting between the two has led to the burning of hundreds of homes and at least 10 deaths.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a> Police entered the slum on November 7, 2006, and the <a href="/facts/General_Service_Unit_(Kenya)/ggXszzGR">General Service Unit</a> arrived a day later. However, many residents who fled are still afraid to return.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:5" href="#fn:5"><sup>5</sup></a> </p><p>On June 5, 2007, the Mungiki murdered two police officers in Mathare; the same night, police retaliated by killing 22 people and detaining around 100.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> </p><p>Following the controversial <a href="/facts/Kenyan_presidential_election,_2007/L35wRwXQ">presidential elections</a> that took place on December 27, 2007, gangs of Kikuyu and Luo youth engaged in violent fights and burned more than 100 homes.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a> </p> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul> <li>Kenya portal</li></ul> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Kibera/6YfWFK3l">Kibera</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kawangware/cc1aIRaR">Kawangware</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Kiambiu/Ytljjb71">Kiambiu</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Korogocho/sRkeq77f">Korogocho</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Mukuru_slums/JXQcSoeo">Mukuru slums</a></li></ul> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li>Rodriguez-Torres, Deyssi. "Public authorities and urban upgrading policies in Eastlands: the example of 'Mathare 4A Slum Upgrading Project." In: Charton-Bigot, Hélène and Deyssi Rodriguez-Torres (editors). <i>Nairobi Today: The Paradox of a Fragmented City</i>. African Books Collective, 2010. p. 61-96. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 9987080936, 9789987080939. The source edition is an English translation, published by Mkuki na Nyota Publishers Ltd. <a href="http://mkukinanyota.com/">[1]</a> of <a href="/facts/Dar_es_Salaam/yC5I74oh">Dar es Salaam</a>, <a href="/facts/Tanzania/MJueJ7E4">Tanzania</a> in association with the French Institute for Research in Africa (IFRA) <a href="http://www.ifra-nairobi.net">[2]</a> The book was originally published in French as <i>Nairobi contemporain: Les paradoxes d'une ville fragmentée</i>, Karthala Editions (<i>Hommes et sociétés</i>, ISSN 0993-4294). French version article: "Les pouvoirs publics et les politiques de reenovation urbaine aa Eastlands L'exemple du « Mathare 4A Slum Upgrading Project »", p. 101-146.</li> <li>De Lame, Danielle. "Grey Nairobi: Sketches of Urban Socialities." In: Charton-Bigot, Hélène and Deyssi Rodriguez-Torres (editors). <i>Nairobi Today: The Paradox of a Fragmented City</i>. African Books Collective, 2010. p. 167-214. French version article: "<a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=O9pTMVqVsQoC&dq=%22Gris+Nairobi%3A+Esquisses+de+sociabilit%C3%A9s+urbaines%22&pg=PA221">Gris Nairobi: Esquisses de sociabilités urbaines</a>." p. 221-284. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 2845867875, 9782845867871. <ul><li>Includes a section on Mathare, titled "Mathare: Valley of Blood and Tears", p. 205-209 (In French: "Mathare: vallée de sang et de larmes", p. 272-277).</li></ul></li> <li>"Mathare Valley. A Case Study of Uncontrolled Settlement in Nairobi." <a href="/facts/University_of_Nairobi/qEGFho1c">University of Nairobi</a>, Housing Research and Development Unit. GITEC Consult (1995).</li> <li>"Mathare 4A Development Programme Feasibility Study Report." Ministry?</li> <li>Reback, Andrew. "<a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130319190725/http://www.design.upenn.edu/new/cplan/minisite/casestudies/matharecase.pdf">Slum Upgrading Case Study: Nairobi’s Mathare 4A</a>." September 2007.</li></ul> <h2 id="external-links">External links</h2> <ul><li><a href="http://www.OneLifeafrica.org/">OneLife Africa</a>-This organization exists to identify and equip at-risk young people in Mathare slums</li> <li><a href="http://www.matharevalley.org/">Mathare Valley Outreach</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mysakenya.org/">Mathare Youth Sports Association</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.nsspt.org/">Nairobi Slums School Projects Trust</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.mwelu.org/">The Mwelu Foundation</a> - Grass-roots youth project centering on photography</li> <li><a href="http://www.made-in-the-streets.org/">Made in the Streets</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.blurb.com/books/1167636/">Mathare-Inn Photobook</a> Fundraising project by photographer Claudio Allia with texts by Claudio Torres.</li></ul> <p><a href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Mathare¶ms=1_15_36_S_36_51_43_E_region:KE-110_type:city_source:dewiki">1°15′36″S 36°51′43″E / 1.26000°S 36.86194°E / -1.26000; 36.86194</a> </p> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Gettleman, Jeffrey (2006-11-10). "Chased by Gang Violence, Residents Flee Kenyan Slum". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-11-10. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/world/africa/10kenya.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/world/africa/10kenya.html</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>"Mathare United". Mathare United Football Club. Archived from the original on 2009-08-07. Retrieved 2006-11-11. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090807111732/http://www.mathareunited.com/" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20090807111732/http://www.mathareunited.com/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>Gettleman, Jeffrey (2006-11-10). "Chased by Gang Violence, Residents Flee Kenyan Slum". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-11-10. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/world/africa/10kenya.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/world/africa/10kenya.html</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>Gettleman, Jeffrey (2006-11-10). "Chased by Gang Violence, Residents Flee Kenyan Slum". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-11-10. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/world/africa/10kenya.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/world/africa/10kenya.html</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Gettleman, Jeffrey (2006-11-10). "Chased by Gang Violence, Residents Flee Kenyan Slum". The New York Times. Retrieved 2006-11-10. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/world/africa/10kenya.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/10/world/africa/10kenya.html</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Police in Kenya Kill 22 in Gun Battles Over Sect". The New York Times. 2007-06-07. <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>Jeffrey Gettleman, "Disputed Vote Plunges Kenya Into Bloodshed", The New York Times, December 31, 2007. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/world/africa/31kenya.html" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/world/africa/31kenya.html</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>