Donor shift to affect refugees’ stay in camps

• 40,000 out of 240,000 victims of Kenya post-election violence still in IDP camps
• The victims who have defied orders to return home may be pushed out by hunger

KRCS is building one-roomed prefabricated houses for returnees. The first phase, comprising 15 houses, has been completed in Matharu in Timboroa. And the organisation plans to roll out 1,000 more units at a cost of Sh70 million. KRCS public relations manager, Mr Anthony Mwangi, said it was common worldwide for donors to move from areas which had regained stability to more critical regions.

Cut support

However, he said that the donors had not cut their support for the Kenya Red cross: “Donors and partners have continued supporting us,” he said.

Mr Mwangi said that most of the people who were still in refugee camps feared for their lives if they went back home.

“The situation is being addressed by relevant authorities. Their main challenge is how they can relate well with their neighbours,” he said.