The Jubilee government found itself on the receiving end as a number of leaders from Nyamira County joined hands to question its delay in resettling hundreds of IDPs who were displaced from their homes following the 2007/08 elections.
Led by aspiring Senator Okong’o Mogeni on Monday during a burial of Borabu MP Ben Momanyi’s brother, the leaders accused the government of playing side shows with IDPs and dared it to desist from bothering the region if they failed to solve the issue.
Mogeni termed the government as 'biased' on resettling of IDPs, and urged area residents to vote unanimously against the government in 2017.
“We have our brothers who are suffering just because they have not been compensated. We have information that IDPs from the government strongholds were compensated, only those from this region to be ignored and even classified as integrated IDPs. This is the time to rethink and vote out that government,” he said.
County speaker Joash Nyamoko accused the national government on handling the matter casually, and said time had come for area residents to make ‘vital’ decisions ahead of 2017.
“We have begged for a long time and our people are suffering from prejudices inflicted to us by the national government. We want our people to be resettled just like their fellow colleagues for equity. Otherwise we have to make a vital decision in 2017,” he said.
Area Senator Mong’are Okongo gave the ministry of devolution a week to reveal full details of those who have been resettled and the number which has not been compensated in two weeks’ time before he takes the matter to senate.
"The ministry of devolution has to come out clear. It’s sad that several people have never been resettled and we are not taking that lightly. We ministry should table the names of those who have received compensation and those who haven’t,” he said.