President Uhuru Kenyatta in Chwele, Bungoma County, June 11, 2017. [Photo: PSCU]
President Uhuru Kenyatta wrapped up his tour of Bungoma County on Sunday with an assurance that all integrated Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Western region will be compensated.
Addressing a mammoth public rally in Bungoma town after a meet-the-people tour that saw him make several stopovers to acknowledge greetings from residents, he said the compensation for the IDPs who were affected by the 2007/2008 post-election violence in the region will start in Bungoma and followed by Busia.Uhuru said Integrated IDPs in the remaining counties in the region would also benefit in due course as the Jubilee administration steps up efforts to address the challenge.“We are determined to ensure that no IDP will be left uncompensated. We have embarked on a journey to ensure that we bury that challenge once and for all,” Kenyatta said as he promised to deploy Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa with cash to compensate integrated IDPs in Bungoma County.This comes after Kenyatta handed over Sh828 million as compensation for IDPs in Kisii and Nyamira counties, last week. Kisii County received Sh358 million while IDPs from Nyamira got Sh470 million.Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa, governor Ken Lusaka (Bungoma), MPs Dan Wanyama (Webuye East), John Waluke (Sirisia), Ababu Namwamba (Budalangi) and Reginalda Wanyonyi (Women Representative, Bungoma), accompanied Uhuru.