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A displaced woman ponders her next move at Ndunguni Primary School in Mbeere South, Embu County. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]
For more than five decades, a group of elders have known Ndunguni village in Makima, Mbeere South in Embu County as their only home.
Never did they anticipate that one day they would be homeless.
But a week ago, the elders together with hundreds of residents found themselves at Ndunguni Primary School as Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) after their homes were demolished.
The demolitions by Tana and Athi River Development Authority (Tarda) has created a humanitarian crisis. Several organisations are in the process of doing rapid assessment to ascertain the needs at the school that has been converted to an IDP camp.
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Police in Makima as shops were demolished in what residents believe was a move by TARDA to evict them. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]
Mbeere South MP Geoffrey King ang i and a group of journalists including KTN reporter Daniel Moige and Cameraman Muriithi Mugo are being held at Yatta Police Station.
The legislator and journalists were arrested while covering the evictions of hundreds of squatters at Makima area in the Tana and Athi River Development Authority (Tarda) disputed land.
The arrests come barely a month after scores of the residents vowed to resist evictions by Tarda which has accused them of trespassing on its land.
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EASTERN
Police in Makima as shops were demolished in what residents believe was a move by TARDA to evict them. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]
Mbeere South MP Geoffrey King ang i and a group of journalists including KTN reporter Daniel Moige and Cameraman Muriithi Mugo are being held at Yatta Police Station.
The legislator and journalists were arrested while covering the evictions of hundreds of squatters at Makima area in the Tana and Athi River Development Authority (Tarda) disputed land.
The arrests come barely a month after scores of the residents vowed to resist evictions by Tarda which has accused them of trespassing on its land.