Nakuru IDPs want Cord's anti-IEBC demos stopped for ‘disrupting development’
They said the Cord protests were disrupting development and plans to resettle the remaining IDPs.
Wednesday June 8 2016
IDPs from New Canaan Camp in Nakuru on June 7, 2016 protesting over the
ongoing anti-IEBC demonstrations by opposition Cord. They want Cord to
stop the demonstrations saying they were disrupting development and the
plans by the government to resettle the remaining IDPS. PHOTO | SULEIMAN
MBATIAH | NATION MEDIA GROUP
A group of internally displaced persons (IDPs) from Nakuru has
threatened to stage a protest in Nairobi to compel the opposition Cord
to call off their weekly anti-IEBC demonstrations.
The hundreds of IDPs, now residing at New Canaan Camp in Pipeline, Nakuru County, Tuesday said the ongoing Cord protests were disrupting development and the plans by the government to resettle the remaining IDPs.
Led by their chairman, Mr Joseph Kuria, they said they were planning to walk from Nakuru to Nairobi to hold demonstrations and confront former Prime Minister Raila Odinga whom they accuse of trying to divert the attention of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto from discharging their mandate.
“We have mobilised all IDPs in other camps including those that have already been resettled as we still live as brothers and we shall match to Nairobi so as to express our stand,” said Mr Kuria.
PEACEFUL PROTEST
The IDPs, who held a peaceful protest at the camp on Monday evening, said that they will use the opportunity to express their displeasure, saying that if not tamed, the protests might lead to chaos similar to those witnessed in 20007-2008.
“We are calling on Cord to use the legally accepted means to push for changes in the IEBC as we are worried of possible chaos while we are yet to be resettled,” he said.
The government is yet to finalise the resettlement of more than 900 IDP families at Kisima farm in Njoro and Ndonga farm in Subukia.
The delay in the resettlement is as a result of pending court cases over the two farms.
The IDPs said the ongoing protests are a recipe for chaos and a [bad] reminder of election-related unrests that led to their displacement.
They also asked the government to resolve the court cases that have delayed their full resettlement on the Njoro and Subukia farms purchased by the government.
They said they want to be resettled before the next general elections to allow them to re-build their lives.
“We want the government to act quickly on the IEBC stand-off so as to embark on resolving our resettlement issue,” said Mr Kuria.
The hundreds of IDPs, now residing at New Canaan Camp in Pipeline, Nakuru County, Tuesday said the ongoing Cord protests were disrupting development and the plans by the government to resettle the remaining IDPs.
Led by their chairman, Mr Joseph Kuria, they said they were planning to walk from Nakuru to Nairobi to hold demonstrations and confront former Prime Minister Raila Odinga whom they accuse of trying to divert the attention of President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto from discharging their mandate.
“We have mobilised all IDPs in other camps including those that have already been resettled as we still live as brothers and we shall match to Nairobi so as to express our stand,” said Mr Kuria.
PEACEFUL PROTEST
The IDPs, who held a peaceful protest at the camp on Monday evening, said that they will use the opportunity to express their displeasure, saying that if not tamed, the protests might lead to chaos similar to those witnessed in 20007-2008.
“We are calling on Cord to use the legally accepted means to push for changes in the IEBC as we are worried of possible chaos while we are yet to be resettled,” he said.
The government is yet to finalise the resettlement of more than 900 IDP families at Kisima farm in Njoro and Ndonga farm in Subukia.
The delay in the resettlement is as a result of pending court cases over the two farms.
The IDPs said the ongoing protests are a recipe for chaos and a [bad] reminder of election-related unrests that led to their displacement.
They also asked the government to resolve the court cases that have delayed their full resettlement on the Njoro and Subukia farms purchased by the government.
They said they want to be resettled before the next general elections to allow them to re-build their lives.
“We want the government to act quickly on the IEBC stand-off so as to embark on resolving our resettlement issue,” said Mr Kuria.
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