You need not say a word about Kenya slums until you set foot in any of them.
These are places you simply need to be in and if you find yourself there, you need various survival tactics for you to manoeuvre. First off, if you are used to taking a bath right from your clean in-house bathroom, forget about that since you may not find the common single bathroom in the slums friendly, better learn how to take a birth in the house and afterwards dry the water on your floor. This will save you the agony of having to spit all along as you take your bath due to the feeling of disgust.
Most slums are often wet and you can work with boots or closed rubber shoes. You may otherwise have to clean your feet every time if you walk around with open flat shoes yet the water is hardly enough. Be ready to wrestle with darkness, especially if you are the person who loves sleeping with the lights on unless you can afford to keep a kerosene lamp lit all night long. It's also advisable to carry along your mulika mwizi phone beside your smartphone. This will help you keep in touch with your buddies once your smartphone goes off since electricity is nothing close to the waters of the sea.
You also need to watch out what you talk about over the phone. While you are maybe used to flirting with your girlfriend on the phone or even fighting, you may just be spilling all your secrets to the entire neighbourhood. You may talk ill of your neighbour yet they can hear you right from the comfort of their bed. In short, no secrets unless you text someone.
Before I forget, it's most important to learn how to use the toilets in the slums lest you contact some infections such as urinary tract infection. As much as you may not like the condition of the toilets, you can't avoid using them so you better learn how to use them right.
With these survival tactics, be sure to lead an easier stay in any slum in Kenya because you are good to go.