• Sharon Mutunga
• David M, Nyaga

Abstract: Informal settlements presets one of the greatest challenges that face humanity in the contemporary world. These settlements are characterized by lack of basic social amenities and unplanned urban expansion which leads to a myriad of environmental concerns. The phenomena of informal settlement is more widespread in the developing countries. In Africa, informal settlement scenario is more extensive due to high poverty levels and sporadic human population growth rates. This paper examines the impact of Kayole-Soweto slum on Ngong River in Nairobi. The study was based on the following specific objectives; to assess the extent and proximity of human settlement along Ngong River, to establish how human activities within Kayole-Soweto affect Ngong River and to establish waste disposal techniques employed by residents of the study area and their impacts on the Ngong River. Ex post factor research design was adopted and qualitative data was collected using semi structured questionnaires administered to 36 residents picked by simple random sampling. Pearson correlation established that there was a significant negative correlation between the waste disposal techniques in use and the state of the river Ngong (r=-0.648, Sig. value <0.05); further, there was also a significant negative correlation between activities carried out in the locality and the state of the river Ngong environs (r=-0.582, p value <0.05) and a significant negative correlation between informal river line settlements in the Kayole-Soweto slum and the state of the river Ngong environs (r=-0.514, p value <0.05). This implied that an increase in the disposal of solid and liquid wastes into the river Ngong, an increase in informal settlements along the river and an increase in activities along the river would be associated with poorer state of the river Ngong environs.

Ngong, Informal settlements, solid waste, human activities, poverty, environmental concerns

"IMPACTS OF KAYOLE-SOWETO INFORMAL SETTLEMENT ON NGONG RIVER AND ITS ENVIRONS, NAIROBI KENYA ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.142-147, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906I49.pdf

"IMPACTS OF KAYOLE-SOWETO INFORMAL SETTLEMENT ON NGONG RIVER AND ITS ENVIRONS, NAIROBI KENYA ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp142-147, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1906I49.pdf