Miss Korogocho 2010, Nairobi, Kenya

Korogocho came to popular attention in some parts of the west following the marketing of several export based craft and clothing companies which were founded there, while the 2007 Seventh World Social Forum ended its Nairobi summit with a half marathon which was begun, symbolically, in Korogocho slum.
Political unrest
Korogocho was one of the sites of the 2007-2008 unrest over the disputed presidency of Kenya. At least fifteen men died in one incident at the end of 2007, when ethnic and political divisions resulted in rioting and battles with the police.