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Plan to shut refugee camps spells doom

The announcement by Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho that the Government has disbanded the Department of Refugee Affairs and will close down Kakuma and Dadaab refugee camps in due course, spells doom for thousands of refugees.

Most of these refugees have known no other home apart from Kenya. Kenya has always enjoyed political stability making it a safe haven for refugees from Somalia, South Sudan, Burundi and even some from Eritrea.

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