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Landslide victims still live in deplorable camp 22 years on

Part of the houses built for the 1997 El-nino victims in Elgeyo Marakwet. About 400 families have been living at the camp for over 22 years after the government failed to resettle them. [Fred Kibor/Standard]

Over 400 families in Elgeyo Marakwet have spent two decades at a campsite after being displaced from their homes by a landslide.

During the 1997 El nino rains, Kabawa village in the Elgeyo escarpment was swept away, leaving at least 10 people dead and dozens injured.

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