Kisumu County senator Anyang’ Nyong’o has accused the Jubilee government of selective resettlement of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) who were displaced as a result of Post Election Violence (PEV).
According to Nyong’o, there still exist IDPs in Kisumu County despite the Jubilee government promise of resettling all IDPs before the 2017 general elections.
Speaking at Kamukunji grounds in Nairobi county on Saturday during a rally organized by Cord, the Kisumu senator claimed that Jubilee was concentrating in resettling IDPs in Rift Valley and Central.
“The Jubilee government should be sincere to their promise and resettle all IDPs without discrimination,” he said.
The senator accused Jubilee of playing politics in re-settling of IDPs adding that IDPs in areas that are aligned to the opposition were being ignored.
Nyong’o said that all Kenyans that were displaced by the 2007/2008 post-election violence must be resettled and compensated without discrimination.
The senator said that Kisumu was one of the hardest hit areas during the 2007/2008 post poll chaos and that people who were displaced in the are must be re-settled.
Last week during a prayer rally at Afraha stadium in Nakuru, President Uhuru Kenyatta said that all IDPs and victims of the 2007/2008 post-election violence will be resettled and compensated.
Uhuru said that the Jubilee government was working on the final programme of resettling all IDPs before the 2017 general elections.
The President said that the Jubilee government was keen to unite Kenyans and promote cohesion saying that no Kenyan will ever die again as a result of post-election violence.