Special programmes PS Andrwe Mondoh held a crisis meeting in Kitale to resolve the IDPs resettlement issue that had hit a snag. He said the government will use force to resettle the IDPs because leaders in the area had refused to dialogue. Meanwhile, Narok leaders have said the only way to solve

David Makali suggests that the government should buy land for IDPs in areas where they have ethnic, cultural and social affinity. It should set up a fund to pay for land that legitimise IDPs. The government should then invoke the law and assert the right of citizens to live, work and own property

Education minister Sam Ongeri has pleaded with residents of areas identified to resettle IDPs to accept them in the spirit of national healing. He said it is a contitutional right for any Kenyan to live in any part of the country. Meanwhile Nyeri Catholic Archbishop Peter Kairo has called for tol

Kisumu Archbishop Zacheaus Okoth has said IDPs should be given money to buy land. He said the IDPs ar ebeing subjected to more misery after being rejected in areas they are being resettled. He urged communities and leaders against inciting communities to reject IDPs.

Kwendo Opanga argues that the proposal by Ruto to give IDPs money for them to buy themselves land for resettlement means that the IDPs are not wanted. It also means that they are wanted in their original areas. They are also told that what they used to have is all lost and they need to restart th

Mwenda Makathimo writes that the manner in which politics is interferring with the IDPs resettlement programme is harmful to investor confidence. These political activities are injurious to development of free property markets. An investor is likely to be afraid of investing because of these inte

Francis Ayenda admits that the lusklustre performance from the government in resettling IDPs shows how it is less important to it. The ICC deferra is to the government more important. The minister concerned is also handling the matter with too much casuality. Perhaps the government will want to r

IDPs in Nyandarua have started an inititave to mitigate against hunger in their camps. They initiated farming in a land subdivided for arable farmin. Although they face challenges of lack of money, water and farm inputs, they are not as reliable to relief food as they were earlier.