Anthony Gitonga And Isaiah Lucheli
26 April 2008
Nairobi — THE United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees will spend Sh11.9 billion on the resettlement of internally displaced persons.
UNHCR country representative, Ms Liz Ahua, said the amount would cover transportation and facilitation of the displaced people, to start life afresh at their original homes.
Ahua, who toured IDP camps in Naivasha, said bad weather occasioned by the long rains had adversely affected the victims, especially the minors.
But the official allayed fears that the current food shortages had affected refugee camps in Northern Kenya, home to 300,000 to external refugees.
She said UNHCR would donate shelter material worth Sh18,900 to every family, to facilitate resettlement.
Elsewhere, the United Nations Volunteer (UNV) programme unveiled a Sh170 million programme for 21 districts to resettle victims of post-election violence.
The country's head of the programme, Ms Annet Mpabulungi, said the funds would be used to recruit and train over 840 volunteers in the affected districts.
Mpabulungi said the targeted districts include Uasin Gishu, Kericho, Molo and Bureti.
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