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We can make mass evictions less painful for the affected

Residents of Kibos in Kisumu County salvage their properties after their houses were demolished by the Kenya Railways. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

One week ago, 3,500 men, women and children were forcefully evicted from a settlement they had lived in for 83 years. The evictions are part of an ongoing programme by the Kenya Railways Corporation and other state agencies to expand national railway, water, sewage and road networks. The devastation must leave us wondering. Is there not an alternative that does not have homes, hustles and hopes flattened as Kenya upgrades infrastructure?

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