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Kibera in a sentence

Using Kibera

  • In the example corpus, kibera often appears in combinations such as: the kibera, in kibera, kibera is.

Context around Kibera

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 2 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

gatundi 1×

Often after:

slum 2× say 1× cfk 1× section 1× division 1×

Sentence patterns with Kibera

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

carolina for kibera cfk has 1× constituency to kibera division and 1× demonstrators in kibera an odinga 1× from gatundi kibera and kawangware 1× in the kibera section of 1× in the kibera slum 1× in the kibera slum of 1× kibera is the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

carolina for kibera 1× constituency name may 1× demonstrators in kibera 1× kibera is the 1× kisato and her 1× traditional birth attendant 1×

Common sentence endings:

disability received wheelchairs 1× have maize flour 1× may 28 2020 1× neighborhood of kibera 1× of the city 1× on the coronavirus 1×

Words around Kibera

Just before it in the word index:

kibe 5 kibby 2 kibbutzniks 2 kibbutzim 24 kibbutz 142 kibble 25

Just after it in the word index:

kibet 6 kibibi 2 kibicho 7 kibir 2 kibirige 5 kibithoo 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

aami 15 aat 15 abada 15 abcs 15 abdulkareem 15 abha 15

Corpus analysis for Kibera

  • In this selection, "kibera" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, gatundi, slum, say and cfk stand out and add context to how "kibera" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include carolina for kibera cfk has and constituency to kibera division and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "kibera" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with kibera

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Much of the filming was in the Kibera slum. (9 words)

Witnesses in Kibera say they have received leaflets educating the residents on the coronavirus. (14 words)

Kibera is the latest beneficiary of the charity works as people living with disability received wheelchairs. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Kisato and her research team interviewed 400 high school girls from Gatundi, Kibera, and Kawangware, where they found out that more than 50 percent of the girls in these low-income areas could hardly afford sanitary pads even when at home. (41 words)

Traditional birth attendant Emily Owino, left, prepares to help Veronica Atieno, right, deliver her baby in Emily’s one-room house during a dusk-to-dawn curfew, late at night in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, May 28, 2020. (41 words)

Constituency name may differ from division name, such that Starehe Constituency is equal to Central Division, Lang'ata Constituency to Kibera division, and Kamukunji Constituency to Pumwani Division in terms of boundaries. (32 words)

Example sentences (10)

Demonstrators in Kibera, an Odinga stronghold, on Monday banged empty pots and pans as they faced off against police, chanting “we don’t have maize flour”.

Kisato and her research team interviewed 400 high school girls from Gatundi, Kibera, and Kawangware, where they found out that more than 50 percent of the girls in these low-income areas could hardly afford sanitary pads even when at home.

Tuesday's protests began in a festival-like atmosphere but as crowds swelled, police fired tear gas in Nairobi's Central Business District and the poor neighborhood of Kibera.

Traditional birth attendant Emily Owino, left, prepares to help Veronica Atieno, right, deliver her baby in Emily’s one-room house during a dusk-to-dawn curfew, late at night in the Kibera slum of Nairobi, Kenya Thursday, May 28, 2020.

Witnesses in Kibera say they have received leaflets educating the residents on the coronavirus.

Kibera is the latest beneficiary of the charity works as people living with disability received wheelchairs.

Carolina for Kibera (CFK) has today announced that longtime community leader and nonprofit champion, Hillary Omala, has been appointed executive director, effective September 18, 2017.

Valentine Akinyi talks with her son, Driffal, 11, outside their Nairobi home in the Kibera section of the city.

Constituency name may differ from division name, such that Starehe Constituency is equal to Central Division, Lang'ata Constituency to Kibera division, and Kamukunji Constituency to Pumwani Division in terms of boundaries.

Much of the filming was in the Kibera slum.

Common combinations with kibera

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

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