Eldoret urchins dumped in Amagoro market centre

Over 200 street urchins based in Eldoret were yesterday rounded up,taken to Central police station and later allegedly transported Amagoro market in Busia where they were dumped on Sunday night.

The Chokoras who later decided to travel by foot towards Eldoret narrated how they had been arrested during a joint swoop and taken to Eldoret's central police station where they have stayed angry for more
than 12 hours.
Linet Akoru a mother of two said that the police officers promised them jobs and education for their children but they were surprised when they were later forced into awaiting police lorry and
driven to unknown destination.
"We have suffered, some of us have developed blisters on our feet, how will we reach Eldoret, we are angry and thirsty?," posed Akoru.
Speaking at Kanduyi DOs office yesterday, the street urchins said that it would be better if they will be taken back to Eldoret where they can survive rather than being dumped in the wilderness.
Bungoma county public administration executive Mokin Ptang'uny said that it would be better for the county government to rehabilitate the street urchins than dumping them in other counties.
"Leaders should not carry their burden to other people's shoulders, we have our own enough chokoras and we are planning on how to rehabilitate them, we don't want to carry other county's burden," he
said.
Bungoma South Deputy County Commissioner John Tanui said it was inhuman and irresponsible for the leaders arrest Chokoras and dumped them somewhere else.
"We are carrying on with our investigations to establish who were behind dumping of street urchins here, we have fed the 36 of them who are already here and we are waiting for more others as we plan to repatriate them back after the consultations with our counterparts in
Uasin Gishu," said Tonui.
He said among those dumped were pregnant women, the blind and young children who found it difficult to travel because they lacked money.
Present were Bungoma south OCPD Kirunya Limbitu and Public Administration Chief Officer David Kibiti among other national and county officials.