They once lived the ‘gangster life.’ Now they tackle food insecurity in Kenya’s slums

Young men who once lived the “gangster life” in Kenya’s capital have become farmers with a social mission. Now, they grow food, feed neighbourhood children and run other projects.

Joseph Kariaga and his friends once lived the “gangster life” in Nairobi’s Mathare slum, snatching phones, mugging people and battling police.

But when Kariaga’s brother was shot dead by police, the young men took stock.”We changed after many died, my…