Kisumu Governor Jack Ranguma rejects proposal to resettle Thessalia IDPs

 

 

Kisumu county governor Jack Ranguma addresses journalists at his office over land row along the Kisumu-Nandi boarder. He said the land was donated by the Moi government to resettle IDPs unlike the proposal by the Lands Commission to offer the land to others not from the county. (Photo: Denish Ochieng/ Standard)

Governor Jack Ranguma has refused to help resettle 1,500 internally displaced persons.

Mr Ranguma rejected a proposal by the County Lands Management Board that either the National Lands Commission (NLC) or the county government finds alternative land for resettlement of Thessalia and Jaber IDPs, saying the county government was not consulted before resolutions were arrived at. The two groups were uprooted from their homes during the 1992 tribal clashes and have been living on a small piece of land in Muhoroni.