Nandi IDPs demand compensation

Integrated displaced persons in Nandi County have threatened to vote out President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy William Ruto if the Jubilee government fails to compensate them before the August 8th General Election.

The more than 5,000 IDPs, who comprise forest evictees and victims of the 2007 post-election violence, maintain that they have to be compensated for the suffering and losses they incurred during the chaos and forest evictions.

The IDPs accuse the Jubilee administration of failing to fulfill their promise to compensate them in two weeks’ time during their recent tour of the county, adding that IDPs from other areas have been compensated by the government.