Mau evictees resettled in new homes
What you need to know:
- The IDPs will be provided with shelter, food, water and each family has 2.5 hectares.
- The Government distributed maize, beans, cooking oil and tents to the IDPs and urged them to be patient as demarcation of land was being processed.
More than 700 families that were evicted from Mau Forest have finally been resettled at Banita in Rongai District.
And 200 squatter families in the area will also be given land alongside the Mau IDPs.
Addressing the IDPs at the farm on Friday, Lands Minister James Orengo said the government was looking for more land to resettle the remaining IDPs before the next General Election.
Posing as squatters
He also warned politicians and other government officers against posing as squatters to get land.
Roads minister Franklin Bett urged the minister to speed up the resettlement of IDPs in the country.
He said every Kenyan had a right to live in any part of the country, adding that leaders in Rift Valley were not fighting for the resettlement of Mau evictees for political gain.
The IDPs will be provided with shelter, food, water and each family has 2.5 hectares.
Area PC Osman Warfa said existing schools and health centres in the area would be expanded to accommodation the increased population. (KNA)
The PC urged the communities living in the area to co-exist together while maintaining peace, law and order.
The Government distributed maize, beans, cooking oil and tents to the IDPs and urged them to be patient as demarcation of land was being processed.
Other MPs who attended the occasion included Mr Jakoyo Midiwo, Musa Sirma who is also Minster in the East African Community, assistant ministers for Home Affairs Ms Beatrice Kones, Energy Mr Langat Magerer, and Special Programmes Mr. Mohamoud Gaboo among others. KNA
