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Lamu Al Shabaab IDPs claim they are denied food

Police distributing food in a file photo in May 2017. Thousands of IDPs still live at Katsakairo camp in Lamu due to threats posed by militants [Jane Mugambi |Standard]

Victims of militia violence in displaced persons camp in Lamu say the Government has refused to give them food until they leave.

Thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) still live at Katsakairo camp in the western part of Lamu due to threat posed by militants. They left briefly in November, but returned when militants attacked buses at Nyongoro and killed three policemen. A soldier and several police officers were wounded during the incident.

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