In most towns across Kenya, land remains one the most sought asset.
The rich and the poor struggle to make side hustles in a bid to acquire a small piece of land. However, Kibera is one of the slummy Kenyan areas that also happens to be the largest slum area in Africa.
Land is a scarce resource and Annette Atieno has become creative to beat the odds of land shortage.
Atieno is a mother of three. She does not own her own piece of land but she makes a living through farming. She is one of the famous Mama mbogas within her residential area.
The proud mother of a two daughters and a son said she has created sack farms in her house where she has been able to raise up to 200 seedlings. Each morning, she wakes up to water her plants before she turns to her other daily chores. She collects and uses household wastes as manure to her sack farm. Atieno said she has been doing this type of farming for close to two years and she is able to comfortably feed and clothe her family.
Her advice to fellow Kibera people is to be creative and become self-employed. At a personal level, Atieno says she is not quitting her farming job so soon. She is just one of the many Kibera women who have gone a step further to beat the odds in the slums.