South C
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South C is a middle-class residential estate located in the southland area of Nairobi
Nairobi
Nairobi is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi County. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters". However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is...

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It lies next to Wilson Airport and is also bordered with South B
South B
South B is an estate based in Makadara Division in Nairobi, Kenya. It consists of middle class houses ranging from the tiled roofed Plainsview Estate to the mabati roofed Mariakani Estate. It is famed for its number 11 matatus . It has a shopping centre and Capital centre Mall...

 & Langata
Langata
Lang'ata is a suburb of Nairobi in Kenya, lying south west of the city centre and east of Karen. The suburb consists of many smaller housing developments, referred to as estates. They include Nairobi Dam, Otiende, Southlands, Ngei, Jambo estate, Onyonka, Madaraka Estate and many others...

 estate. Close to its outskirt surrounding near [angata estate, lies the famous Kibera
Kibera
Kibera is a division of Nairobi Area, Kenya, and neighbourhood of the city of Nairobi, located from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the second largest urban slum in Africa...

 slums. Many of the Kibera slum dwellers are known to work in South C & langata as casual labourers.

South C is also where the headquarters of the Kenya Red Cross Society is located & The Criminal Investigation Department
Kenya Police Criminal Investigation Department
Kenya Police Criminal Investigation Department is a unit of Kenya Police responsible for investigating complex cases popularly known as the CID. This department is headed by a Director who reports to the Police Commissioner. It is a common practice for the president of Kenya to appoint the CID...

 (C.I.D) Training School of the Kenya Police
Kenya Police
The Kenya Police is a national body in charge of law enforcement in the East Africa State of Kenya. While organised at a national level, each arm reports to a Provincial police authority, which in turn divides its force by local Police Divisions, headquartered at local police stations...

, just off Mombasa
Mombasa
Mombasa is the second-largest city in Kenya. Lying next to the Indian Ocean, it has a major port and an international airport. The city also serves as the centre of the coastal tourism industry....

 road.

The Ngara Sport Club cricket ground is located in South C.

Some of the well known artists in the Kenyan music industry that reside in South C are; Nameless
Nameless
Nameless usually refers to someone or something that doesn't have a name. Sometimes characters are never given names such as in Rashomon.Nameless may also refer to:- Fiction :...

, E-Sir
E-Sir
Born Issah Mmari, on May 20, 1981 in California Estate, and raised in South c estate Nairobi, Kenya, E-Sir was a Kenyan hip hop artist signed to the Ogopa DJs label who was famous for his deft lyrical ability and command of the Swahili language. He is still widely regarded as one the best rappers...

, Big Pin, Habib and Manga, Longombas
Longombas
- Career :The group consists of Christian and Lovi Longomba, who are twins. They are from musical family; their father Lovy Longomba was a member of Super Mazembe, while their grandfather Vicky Longomba was a member of TPOK Jazz. France-based Congolese musician Awilo Longomba is their uncle .The...

 and K-rupt
K-rupt
K-rupt , born Carlton Williams Bongo Juma in Nairobi, was a Kenyan rapper who had national success in the two years leading up to his murder in 2003. He collaborated with artists such as Fizzle Dogg, Bigpin, and E-Sir, who died earlier the same year.His hit singles in Kenya included "Changamshwa",...

. South C - bred music artists as well as the majority of the youth are fond of chewing khat
Khat
Khat, qat, gat or Waquish Spoken from true Yemeni, is a flowering plant native to tropical East Africa and the Arabian Peninsula....

(Miraa, gomba, veve) as a social activity amongst themselves.
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