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alliestoom


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In December of 2007 Kenya was holding elections and violence broke out in the area. the hardest hit being Eldoret in the Rift Valley. 1,500 people were killed in the violence and over 600,000 people were displaced into refugee camps.

the unity government attempted to displace peoples within the camp earlier this May, but many were scared to leave. About two weeks ago the district commissioner of eldoret said refugees had recieved 10,000 kenyan shillings ($140) to encourage them to move. A BBC correspondant reporting on the issue has stated that many of the poeple have recieved no money, and are left with no other place to go.

what do you think should happen to the camps, or people within the camps?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7611056.stm

-- Edited by alliestoom at 19:32, 2008-09-12

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i think that they need a bit more forceful measures to get them out, obivously not tear-gas and random arrests of 72-year old ladies, but just a safe, contained, transfer from these camps to their homes, it shouldnt take bribes, it should take a safety net of policing officers that usher them out of the camps

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Scottster wrote:

i think that they need a bit more forceful measures to get them out, obivously not tear-gas and random arrests of 72-year old ladies, but just a safe, contained, transfer from these camps to their homes, it shouldnt take bribes, it should take a safety net of policing officers that usher them out of the camps




yeah, i totally understand. but what about the people with no where to go?



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alliestoom wrote:

Scottster wrote:

i think that they need a bit more forceful measures to get them out, obivously not tear-gas and random arrests of 72-year old ladies, but just a safe, contained, transfer from these camps to their homes, it shouldnt take bribes, it should take a safety net of policing officers that usher them out of the camps




yeah, i totally understand. but what about the people with no where to go?



yeah, i didnt take that into account, i suppose they should be allowed extra time to prepare themselves, but other than that, what can they really do to improve their release? they cant stay in a camp for the rest of their lives, living off of government doles, you know?



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This is such a tough issue because as a humanitarian I would advocate that the government help them get back on their feet. However, from a realistic standpoint, the Kenyan government really has no power to do much. I think that if there was a new area for those with no place to go, where the government isn't giving out doles, just a sort of living area. How that would work, I have no idea. But its just me being idealistic.

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These people are in camps cause they have no where to go, now they're being kicked out?

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