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Vet Displaced Persons First,
NGOs Ask State
The Nation (Nairobi)
11 March 2008
Michael Njuguna
Nairobi
Leaders of some Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) want the
Government to vet internally displaced persons to establish the
bona fide ones before embarking on the proposed resettlement
programme.
The coordinator of the Internally Displaced Persons Network, Mr
Kepha Magenyi, claimed in Nakuru Town that the Government also
ought to vet NGOs seeking to participate in the resettlement
programme as some were merely interested in dipping their hands in
the kitty.
He said that giving the victims seeds and tents to return back to
their farms where their houses were burnt and hundreds of people
killed would not succeed as no healing had taken place.
Not prudent
"Many civil societies want to go it alone instead of working with
others and the Government. The reason is obvious, they are only
interested in getting a share of the money coming from the US, the
UNDP, UNHCR, the Government of Kenya and other donors," Mr Magenyi
claimed.
He said it was not prudent for the Government to release money,
seeds and other resources towards the resettlement project until a
proper audit was carried out to establish the bona fide victims
and categorise them accordingly.
Mr Magenyi claimed that people who actually participated in
violently evicting others from various farms were now submitting
their names for consideration for 'resettlement'.
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