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July 29, 2026
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Kenya may have 500,000 homeless people, stakeholders warn

Stakeholders call for urgent national action, arguing that homelessness has remained outside Kenya's development agenda despite years of advocacy...
✨ Key Highlights
Stakeholders are challenging the Kenyan government's official homelessness figures, estimating that between 300,000 and 500,000 people may be homeless or street-connected.
- An estimated 300,000 to 500,000 Kenyans are homeless, far exceeding the official figure of 18,000.
- Key stakeholders include Executive Director of the Undugu Society of Kenya Eric Mukoya and constitutional lawyer PLO Lumumba.
- Convened at the National Conference on the State of Homelessness and Street-Connectedness in Nairobi, participants urged for urgent national action and a clear national policy on homelessness.
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