Kenya: Mai Mahiu IDPs Refuse Shifting to Laikipia

14 February 2013

IDPs living in Mai Mahiu in Naivasha have refused to be resettled in the dry area of Weumererie in Laikipia county.The resettlement involves the first phase of more than 100 families living at Jikaze IDP camp.

The IDPs said they had already settled in Mai Mahiu where they had built permanent houses, some with water and electricity. They said the new land in Laikipia was not arable and moving to the area will mean starting afresh.

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