Priest in Nairobi slum talks about papal visit there

(Vatican Radio) Father Melchiorre Marandu, a Jesuit Priest working in the Kangemi slum in Nairobi, says Pope Francis’ visit there, will symbolize how he is “standing in solidarity with the less privileged.” He said the upcoming papal visit has led to “a lot of joy” among the residents of the slum who feel that as a result of this gesture “their human dignity is affirmed” and that they “are not forgotten.” More than 100,000 people of many ethnic groups live in the Kangemi slum, one of seven slums in the Kenyan capital. 

Listen to the interview with Father Melchiorre Marandu from the Catholic parish of St. Joseph  in the Kangemi slum, interviewed by our correspondent in Kenya, Linda Bordoni: