Between 16 August and 16 September 2024, 354 migratory movements were tracked through IOM’s Displacement Tracking Matrix (DTM) Flow Monitoring Registry (FMR) at four flow monitoring points in and around Nairobi: Eastleigh, Kangemi, the Roysombu-Thika road and Athi River. Around two thirds (67%) of migrants were male, and over half of them (53%) were in the 18 to 29 age group (Figure 2.2). There were a variety of migrants from 11 different nationalities (Figure 2), with Burundians (32%), Ethiopians (26%) and Somalis (13%) being the most represented nationalities. Most of the migrants interviewed departed from Burundi (41%), followed by Ethiopia (25%) and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (12%). More than two thirds of respondents reported (69%) Kenya as their final destination.
From the 354 migrants tracked through FMR, a non-statistically representative sample of 175 migrants (58% males and 42% females; Figure 2) responded to further questions to the Flow Monitoring Survey (FMS). Although most migrants were either married (45%) or single (43%), the data collected illustrated (Figure 14) that males were more likely to be married (49%) or single (45%) than females (38% and 40% respectively). However, females were more likely to report being separated (12%) or widowed (7%) than males (2% for each of the marital status). The findings on marital status may indicate that women who are single or unmarried may be in more precarious financial circumstances and therefore be more willing to risk travel in pursuit of opportunities. Or it may indicate that the same group of women have more autonomy to pursue alternative opportunities.