IDPS get paid

A section of Internally Displaced Persons (IDP's) at the Eldoret showground camp have began moving from the camp after receiving a 35,000 shilling compensation package from the government.

However, some IDP's are still adamant that they will not leave the camp until they are allocated land by the government.

Others want the government to give them sufficient funds with which they can buy parcels of land to build their homes.

Those who chose to accept the 35,000 shillings cash said they will invest in money making ventures that will perhaps enable them to once again be self sufficient.

Elsewhere, hundreds of IDPs in Naivasha have accused the government of double standards in the ongoing resettlement programme.

The IDPs in Kikopey Gilgil have alleged foul play and called on President Kibaki to assist them move.

According to the chairperson of Ebenezer camp Ms Beatrice Nyokabi, the IDPs whave been forgotten.

Nyokabi said that rains, hunger and disease outbreak threatened to wipe out various camps in the hostile area.

"Our children have dropped from schools due to lack of fees and given a good piece of land, we can work hard and stop relying on donor food,"

The IDPs were speaking when students from Naivasha Girls secondary school donated food stuff and personal effects worth thousand of shillings.

According to the school Principal Ms Eunice Wangari, the move had been initiated by students on learning of the fate of the IDPs.


The school captain Ms Ann Ng'ang'a said that fellow students had contributed to the cause after watching on TV and reading on newspaper the IDP sufferings.
"We love you so much and we shall continue to pray that one day your life will return to normal," she said.