More than 300 people calling themselves integrated IDPs in Naivasha are yet to be compensated or resettled by the government 14 years after the 2007-08 post-election violence.
And with a year before the country heads to the 2022 General Election, they are calling on the government to end their suffering.
They said on Thursday that only one community affected by the political violence was compensated and resettled while more than 150,000 families in 32 counties were living in poverty.
Speaking to the press in Naivasha, the PEV victims through their chairman Samuel Odour said that unlike their counterparts, they only received partial compensation of Sh50,000.
But Nakuru county commissioner Erastus Mbui questioned the authenticity of the IDPs, saying the government had resettled and compensated all PEV victims.
He said tens of lists of the IDPs were cropping up, adding that his office was yet to get a petition from the Naivasha victims.
“It's time we put to rest the issue of IDPs in this country as it will never end with various victims coming up every month yet the government resettled the real victims,” he said.
It was not possible to immediately verify the legitimacy of their claims.
Spokesman Odour said many victims who lost their relatives and personal effects were yet to fully recover from the violence and find a suitable source of livelihood.
“In 2017, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy visited Naivasha and promised they would be resettled and compensated but they never fulfilled this," he said.
Odour termed the resettlement skewed and against the IDP Act, noting that the main victims of the Naivasha violence did not get justice.
“We are fully behind the government which has all our documentation and for all those years we have been knocking on various doors without any assistance,” he said.
The group secretary George Odera narrated how the victims went through forced circumcisions, rape, job losses and destruction of their property.
Years down the line, he added that they were still suffering as they waited for the promised support from the government.
“We are fully behind BBI as it will address the perennial cases of violence after every general election and we are calling on the handshake partners to remember us,” he said.
Victim Joan Kibiyeko said minors left behind by their parents after the violence were the most affected.
“We have forgiven each other but we are yet to fully heal after the violence and our only plea is to the government to address the issue of our compensation,” she said.
(Edited by V. Graham)
