Land and Conflict Sensitive Journalism sumaries
Fresh tension stalls IDPs move to farm
Daily Nation pg 16Tuesday, 19 Mar 2013
Grumbling by newly-elected leaders has compelled the government to suspend the resettlement of 900 landless people at a farm on the Nakuru/Narok counties boundary. The provincial administration on Monday said it had stopped alloca
Full StoryIDPs hire vehicles for transport to polling stations
Daily Nation pg 17Monday, 04 Mar 2013
Victims of post-election violence, who were recently resettled, will hire vehicles to transport them to polling stations where they had registered as voters. At Kisima Farm in Njoro District where a group of internally displaced p
Full StoryBitter memories create fears ahead of March polls
The Star Pg 27Thursday, 10 Jan 2013
As Kenya heads towards its first general election under a new constitution in March, many who suffered during the bloodshed that followed the last polls in 2007 have not registered to vote.For thousands of people still living in d
Full StoryTNA in bid to woo ‘reluctant’ IDPs
Standard Pg 13Tuesday, 18 Dec 2012
The National Alliance (TNA) party on Monday launched a drive to woo Intergraded Internally Displaced Persons to register as voters as the exercise comes to an end on Tuesday. Kiambu TNA Co-ordinator Eunice Chania said they had alr
Full StoryMinistry pledges Christmas gifts for over 2,000 IDPs still in camps
Daily Nation pg 10Monday, 17 Dec 2012
The government will give Christmas tokens to all internally displaced persons and Mau evictees as a consolation for failing to meet the December 31 resettlement deadline. The homeless families are set to spend their fifth Christma
Full StoryAuditors reveal rot at City Hall
Daily Nation pg 8Thursday, 13 Dec 2012
External auditors have accused top City Hall officials of interfering with a forensic audit of City Council of Nairobi (CCN) debts, leading to payments of unverified claims. The audit conducted between February and April this year
Full StoryGroup’s bid to give up IDs halted
Daily Nation, pg 34Tuesday, 04 Dec 2012
Integrated Internally Displaced Persons on Monday made good their threats to surrender their national identity cards to the government. However, their efforts were thwarted by police who blocked them from proceeding to Central pro
Full StoryForest Evictees and IDPs give up on Resettlement.
The Star Pg 17Friday, 23 Nov 2012
Mau and Embobut forests evictees yesterday said they have given up on being resettled before the March 4 elections. The government has been unable to get land where the forest evictees and remaining batch of IDPs will be res
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