CS Malonza reaffirms victims settlement
By KNA, May 31, 2024East African Community, Arid and Semi – Arid Lands (ASALs) and Regional Development Cabinet Secretary Peninah Malonza (pictured) has reaffirmed the government’s plan to resettle all flood victims in the country and close all the camps.
Ms Malonza said the government was working on a longtime resettlement strategy to resettle the victims of the recent floods who are in 79 camps in the whole country in the next three months, adding that some of the areas in the country were so badly devastated by the floods that the people cannot go back since they are inhabitable.
“In such cases where the land was rendered inhabitable by the floods, the government has plans to resettle the people on alternative land which will be acquired around the country,” she said.
She was speaking when she visited the victims of floods that hit Maai-Mahiu area in Naivasha on Wednesday. Malonza was accompanied by the state department for Special Programmes Principal Secretary Kello Harsama.
Malonza who donated 1,500 iron sheets to Maai- Mahiu flood victims said out of 155 households that were affected by the floods in Maai-Mahiu, 83 have been helped to rent houses as a stop- gap measure as government finalises plans to resettle them, while 55 households have been integrated with loved ones who were ready to accommodate them.
The remaining families are camping at the Prayers Beyond Boundaries (PBB) run by tele-evangelist Lucy Wa Ngunjiri. This was after all the 155 flood victims were relocated from Ngeiya Secondary School where they were camping earlier in order in order to pave way for schools` reopening which took place three weeks ago.