Hundreds of Kijiji fire victims forced to sleep in the cold after camp eviction

Elizabeth Tali at a store that she has turned into a home. She and her family were kicked out the temporary camp at Ngei Primary School.[Beverlyne Musili, Standard]

On Thursday morning, as Elizabeth Tali’s husband and children left home, the thin and dark middle-aged woman stayed back, thinking.

For the better part of the morning, she locked herself inside the dark, unventilated tin store that now serves as her new home, contemplating her family’s future and battling thoughts of inadequacy as a parent.