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In Kenya, City Slum Dwellers Sue Former President

Published in Wednesday September 19th, 2012 In In the media

September 13, 2012 RESIDENTS of Nairobi’s Mukuru kwa Reuben slums in Nairobi have sued retired President Daniel Moi and others over attempts to evict them. Yesterday after hearing the slum dwellers, Justice George Odunga issued a temporary order barring Joseph Kamotho, the former minister and Secretary General of Kanu, from evicting them. Kamotho has been […]

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Squatter Eviction to Be Supervised By Law in Kenya

Published in Friday September 14th, 2012 In In the media

September 13, 2012 A Bill seeking to regulate future forced evictions of people occupying illegal land was introduced in the House yesterday for the first reading. The Evictions and Resettlement Procedures Bill, sponsored by Kisumu Town East MP Shakeel Shabbir, seeks to protect people occupying land from unlawful and non-procedural evictions. The purpose of the […]

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In Kenya, floods displace thousands of people

Published in Wednesday September 5th, 2012 In In the media

September 5, 2012 Thousands of people have been displaced in parts of Kenya’s Rift Valley Province as floodwaters continue to submerge houses and schools and destroy crops. They are among more than 240,000 people throughout eastern Africa are estimated to be affected by seasonal flooding. An estimated 642 households have been affected by flooding in […]

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In Kenya, it’s necessary to protect the poor against land grabbers

Published in Friday August 24th, 2012 In In the media

August 23rd, 2012 Manyatta MP Emilio Kathuri yesterday asked Embu courts to protect the poor against rich people who have been grabbing their pieces land. Kathuri said it has become a common occurrence in Embu for the wealthy to irregularly acquire land belonging to the poor. He lamented that when the matters move to the […]

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In Kenya, 200 Buildings in Eldoret Town May Be Demolished

Published in Monday August 13th, 2012 In In the media

August 10, 2012 More than 200 major buildings in Eldoret town, including six banks, might be demolished to pave the way for the construction of a Sh7.5 billion highway. Engineers surveying the construction of the Eldoret-Malaba Highway have alerted the Eldoret Municipal Council that the buildings are located on the road reserve and will interfere […]

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Kenya: 200 Pokot Resettled

Published in Friday August 3rd, 2012 In In the media

August 1st, 2012 More than 200 Pokot pastoralist families displaced by armed conflict at the Kenya-Uganda border have been resettled in Orolwo village in Pokot North District by a local non governmental organisation. The affected families that reside in Kanyerus, Asilong and Konyao locations were routed from their villages, due to frequent crossborder cattle rustling […]

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Kenya Vision 2030: Slum upgrading in Soweto

Published in Wednesday July 18th, 2012 In Social movement news

July 17, 2012 In September 2000, Kenya was one of 189 countries that signed an international treaty called the Millennium Declaration. The object of the declaration was to define a common worldwide vision for development that was to be achieved by the year 2015. The Kenyan government drafted these resolutions into a development paper of its […]

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African Nations Renew Pledge On Slum Upgrading

Published in Monday July 16th, 2012 In In the media

July 12, 2012 East African governments are committed to speedy implementation of slum upgrading initiatives to secure affordable shelter for the urban poor. The East African cities are grappling with informal and unregulated human settlements due to rapid population growth occasioned by rural to urban migration. “Kenya has accelerated the implementation of flagship slum improvement […]

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Kenya: Get to Know Your Rights, Dwellers of Slums Told

Published in Wednesday May 2nd, 2012 In Social movement news

April 27, 2012 Amnesty International yesterday challenged slum dwellers to be aware of their human rights in order to fight aggressions meted on them including evictions. Amnesty International campaign officer Naomi Barasa said lack of awareness by slum dwellers on their rights is greatly contributing to numerous violations. She added that if slum dwellers are […]

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ESCR-Net members submit legal intervention in Kenyan evictions case

Published in Friday July 8th, 2011 In News

Members of ESCR-Net (the International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) working through the Adjudication Working Group have been given leave to intervene in a High Court case involving forced evictions in Medina Location, Municipal Council of Garissa, Kenya.