Shosho Jikinge: Meet the Karate grandmothers of Kenya's Korogocho Slum

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Korogocho’s senior chief Mr Nyabuto Mache has launched a project dubbed "Shosho Jikinge" in support of aged women on self-defense so as to eliminate rape cases in the slum.

Speaking to Gameyetu, Mr.  Nyabuto was jubilant while explaining his success stories. “I have worked here for more than seven years now and have seen a lot since I arrived. This slum is home to over a thousand youth who are surrounded to the west by Dandora estate and to the east by Babadogo estate, separated by only Nairobi River. Trust me this was a hub of all criminal activities,” said the chief who also added that seven years ago, Korogocho slums reported more than fifteen crime cases a day and about five hundred a month.