My teacher said it would be a problem but he didn't say why because he didn't have time. And i was wondering why would it be a problem.. wouldn't it be an end to all these health problems. etc ?
2007-12-01 11:42:12 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Kenya
Shantytowns house millions of people and represent a massive problem that demolishing them would only exacerbate. Demolishing them to end health problems sounds a lot like the rationale for genocide. They come about typically when people move to urban areas looking for work but have no money and/or job to support themselves.
2007-12-01 11:47:48 · answer #1 · answered by keem773 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to understand that the Kenyan goverment is really trying hard in collaboration with Habitat to get rid of slums (Shanty towns). The problem faced is that the people who have built their livelihood here do not want to relocate to another area and have the places built had they have this notion that once good houses are built they will loose their land and houses.
The other problem is that the proposed site is far away from their work place, which I must emphasise they normally walk to and hence it means majority of them will be late and be fired so they do not want to risk this. It will be extremely hard to get rid of them as majority of the population around the cities do live there as they are cheaper and most of them do not make more than a dollar a day
2007-12-03 04:00:13 · answer #2 · answered by ngina 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you are forgetting about the millions of people who live in these shanty towns. Where are they going to live if you demolish their homes?
They live in shanty towns as they can't afford to live elsewhere - they survive on very small amounts of money. If the shanty towns were destroyed, millions of people would be made homeless, and also a lot of peoples livelihoods would be destroyed, which would cause many more problems than the shanty towns cause by existing.
2007-12-03 09:08:38 · answer #3 · answered by imicola 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well it sounds good in theory, but to close down a shanty town, you must have somewhere for the people to live, so if the Government doesnt provide that, then all they will have is millions of homeless people, which is a lot worse than having them in shanty towns. A problem like that doesnt just "go away" , such simlplistic solutions will never work
2007-12-01 19:49:58 · answer #4 · answered by thewopster2u 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wont end health problems, all that happens is a new shanty town is built
2007-12-03 20:48:50 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The problem is you have to do something with the millions of people. The best thing to do is give people something to do. Not an easy solution. That's one thing that Europeans and North Americans find hard to relate to. Go to any large city outside of there - Mexico City, Rio, Johannesburg, they all have a lot of slums.
2007-12-05 15:12:35 · answer #6 · answered by superseiyan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i have been to mombasa, kenya many times,if you pull down the shanty towns, where will the people live, they earn very little wages , many of the people do not have electric, also no running water, and lastly, many families have to share lavatories, they simply cannot afford nice little houses or apartments
2007-12-03 13:32:47 · answer #7 · answered by bjmlewis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The answer is simple. The Kenyan Goverment doesn't have enough money for the reallocation of the people.
Kenya is a poor 3rd world country.
2007-12-03 13:33:49 · answer #8 · answered by Ryan 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋