CURI Annual Report 2017 themed ''In Search of Urban Transformations for a Resilient Urban Environment'' captures the steps in the long journey we began in 2007 to contribute to the nation and the world at large in inclusive urban development.
Community mapping of their proposed roads, as ongoing in Mukuru Informal settlement, as part of the Special Planning Area Project by the Nairobi City County Government.
Kitui County recently constituted its municipality board of 9 members, chaired by Dr. Musyimi Mbathi, an associate of Centre for Urban Research and Innovations.
The 2016 Annual Report themed -Leaving No One Behind – the clarion call from 2016 New Urban Agendacaptures an array of activities that the Centre for Urban Research and Innovations (CURI) undertook in the year 2016. The Centre started as the...
The University of Nairobi through the Centre for Urban Research and Innovations is representing is forging a collaboration with the UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID (UPM). The collaboration is in accordance with a mutual desire to promote academic cooperation in science and technology...
The theme of the CURI 2015 Annual Report is Towards a New Agenda, in acknowledgement of the adoption of the new 2030 agenda for Sustainable Development, and the 17 Sustainable Development Goals. The SDG’s provide much to reflect on, and to the Centre, they have provided...
The Centre for Urban Research and Innovations (CURI) and its partners namely Akiba Mashinani Trust (AMT), Slum Dwellers International (SDI), the Federation for Urban Poor (Muungano wa Wanavijiji) and University of California, Berkeley, have in the last 7 years been focused on research and...
The Centre for Urban Research and Innovations (CURI), held a two-day training of County managers, planners and urban professionals on GIS and Remote Sensing. This training was part of the Centre’s core objective of Capacity Building and Continuous Profession Development (CPD). The...
Community mapping of their proposed roads, as ongoing in Mukuru Informal settlement, as part of the Special Planning Area Project by the Nairobi City County Government.
Kitui County recently constituted its Municipality board of 9 members chaired by Dr. Musyimi Mbathi, an associate of Centre for Urban Research and Innovations.
CURI has continued to be engaged in the Mukuru SPA planning process funded by International Development Research Centre (IDRC) alongside partners Slum Dwellers International (SDI and SPARC), Akiba Mashinani Trust, University of California Berkley and County Government of Nairobi. This team, Housing, Commerce and Infrastructure constitute one of the 8 consortia previously formulated to take part in the planning of Mukuru.
From late 2017, everyone was concerned about the drought ravaging the country. The issue ricocheted in the media, public forums, and political agendas. Farms yielded no crops, pastoralists and livestock farmers lost herds of livestock, rivers ran dry and people died of hunger and thirst.
Well, sweet is the fragrance of successful completion. Community proposals feedback marked completion of Kitui Learning Studio, laying solid foundations to pave way for community-driven implementation phase. Whilst the conventional planning processes are characterized by vertical hierarchical exchange of ideas and engagement in plan decision making, the Kitui Learning studio was anchored on integration and inclusivity:
It is well known and understood that public transport in Nairobi is accompanied by the struggles of traffic jam and misbehaviour by public service drivers. Just recently at the beginning of March, the long rain season began earnestly.
Service provision in majority of Kenya’s informal settlements is predominantly controlled by Non-Governmental Organizations (NGO’s) and cartels. This phenomenon is prompted by government’s reluctance to provide services in informal settlements owing to their informal nature.
Land tenure is among the key elements that define slum settlements. The lack of tenure security limits both private and public investments in settlements translating to slum conditions. The form of land tenure also has implications on which settlements get upgraded whether by government, communities or other partners.
