Land and Conflict Sensitive Journalism sumaries
Minister: We have no cash for IDPs
Standard Pg 24Tuesday, 16 Oct 2012
The Ministry of Special Programmes has run out of funds to resettle displaced people. Special Programmes Minister Esther Murugi yesterday said the ministry had no capacity to settle over 350,000 displaced persons. Murugi said for
Full StorySlaying the Dragon of Tribalism
Daily Nation pg 17Friday, 16 Nov 2012
Negative ethnicity is one of the biggest obstacles on Kenya’s road to rapid development. Ethnicity refers to the differentiation of members of a society along characteristics usually considered natural, such as place of orig
Full StoryMau leader rejects deal to settle IDPs on Rose Farm
The Star Pg 17Wednesday, 31 Oct 2012
Leaders from Mau Narok have objected to fresh attempts by the government to resettle internal refugees on the 2,400-acre Rose Farm. The leaders disowned an agreement between National Heritage minister William ole Ntimama and Lands
Full StoryIDPS say “ghost” Victims listed for Compensation
Standard Pg 23Tuesday, 30 Oct 2012
Internally Displaced Persons in Nyanza have accused the provincial Administration of profiling non-existent IDPs for compensation. They claim the administrators have enlisted their relatives and close friends who were never
Full StoryIDPs want Raila and Kibaki charged
Daily Nation pg 5Friday, 26 Oct 2012
Some Internally Displaced Persons want President Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga included on the list of suspects to be tried at The Hague. The prosecutor who was responding to speakers promised to incorporate the evidence
Full StoryBensouda comes face to face with IDPs’ misery
Standard Pg 1 & 8Friday, 26 Oct 2012
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda confronted the horrors of internally displaced persons from the 2008 post-election violence. She also announced the Government has promised to deliver information on bank acco
Full StoryIDPs move into farm after efforts to stop them fail
Standard Pg 20Thursday, 25 Oct 2012
The impasse over the resettlement of IDPs at a farm in Njoro, Nakuru County, has been resolved. The IDPs from Pipeline camp in Nakuru were relieved after attempts to block them from being resettled on the 1,200-acre farm in Njoro
Full StoryPoll Chaos Church now Centre for Peace
Daily Nation pg 3Wednesday, 24 Oct 2012
Now Kiambaa Unity and Reconciliation Church, whose construction started in July 2008, is replacing the former church. And the new church has played a key role in pushing the peace agenda in the Uasin Gishu District that bore the b
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