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AFRICA/KENYA - 800 families forcibly evicted are now at risk of Covid denounces the Bishop of Embu KENYA 2021-04-14
Nairobi (Agenzia Fides) - These families face the risk of Covid- 19 pandemic because they are congested in classes without masks, don’t keep distance and have no soap and water for washing. If one person is infected, others will be in danger too. There is the threat of communicable diseases like cholera, typhoid too . said His Exc. Mgr. Paul Kariuki, Bishop of Embu, who made a passionate appeal to the government to move with speed to resettle Makima parish residents currently sheltered at Ndunguni primary school and the surrounding areas.
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As of Wednesday, May 12, the pupils still couldn’t access their classrooms. [Muriithi Mugo, Standard]
Pupils of Ndunguni Primary School in Mbeere South, Embu County reported for Term Three studies on Monday, May 10, but couldn’t immediately access their classrooms.
The learners’ classrooms had been occupied by internally displaced persons.
Nearly 3,000 families were displaced from Makima by the Tana and Athi River Development Authority (TARDA), which in late April claimed ownership of land inhabited by the families. Evictions were, consequently, embarked on.
The affected persons were subsequently accommodated at different public facilities, including Ndunguni Primary School.
However, it meant the IDPs, who had sought refuge at the school, had to be relocated when schools reopened on May 10.