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Kenya refugees fear renewed violence
A family folds their tent before receiving their payment of Sh35,000 at the Eldoret ASK Showground in early October, 2009. Some of the internal refugees expressed fears of renewed chaos in the post-election violence hotspots following inflammatory remarks by politicians in the ongoing referendum campaigns June 23, 2010. Photo/FILE
Posted Wednesday, June 23 2010 at 16:21
“They say they don’t want the referendum to interfere with semblance of peace they are enjoying,” Mr Omar said, adding that the government should ensure all Kenyans enjoyed their right to vote either Yes or No.
An assistant director in-charge of resettlement at the Ministry of Special Programmes, Mr Michael Nyamai, said 798 IDPs families out of 6,082 have been resettled.
“Others were allocated money by the government and relocated elsewhere,” Mr Nyamai said.
Some 2,140 families have also been returned from Uganda, Mr Nyamai said.
He blamed problems experienced in the resettlement programme to lack of legal constitutional framework for guidance in addressing issues affecting IDPs.
He said his Ministry also appeared to be reactive and crisis driven rather than proactive and lacked adequate finances and staff.
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