Updated Thu, June 23rd 2016 at 00:00 GMT +3World Bank officials were forced to hire 50 people after locals threatened to stop a slum upgrading project over alleged discrimination. However, calm returned after World Bank officials explained the project was meant to improve socio-economic lives of people living in slums across the country. Efforts by a team led by the Kenya Informal Settlements Improvement Project (Kisip) to carry on with the project hit a snag after locals demanded to be included. Manyatta Kisip chairman Yusuf Mohammed said the matter had been cleared up and that the project would go on. Kisip coordinator Dorothy Achieng, who is overseeing the project, said the surveys will also help in future planning of Kisumu City.

Source: Standard Digital June 22, 2016 20:26 UTC