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rogue tenants who took advantage of the 2007-2008 post election violence have decided to handover the house back to the rightful owners.TRANSCRIPT
He also lauded the affected parties for dealing with the land problem in the slum peacefully.
“Land and housing represent a significant hurdle for peace and reconciliation efforts in many parts of the country. Lessons learnt from the process in Kiambiu offer hope and should encourage all Kenyans that change is possible.” He noted.
Thirteen people returned houses that they had illegally acquired.
The voluntary handover exercise was a re-sult of the reconciliation and healing pro-cess initiated by the Kenya Tuna Uwezo.
Funded by the USAID, KTU aims at reduc-ing political and ethnically motivated con-flict in Kiambiu, Korogocho, Mathare and Kibera slums.
PeaceNet Kenya CEO Mr. Stephen Kirimi and CHF director Seline Korir also attended the event.
Illegal Tenants Handover Houses in Kiambiu
TENANTS who capitalized on the 2007-2008 post election violence to occupy houses in Kiambiu slum returned them to rightful owners yesterday.
US ambassador Robert Godec presided over the ceremony that was held at the Chief ’s Camp in Kiambiu yesterday.
Amb. Godec thanked the slum communi-ty and Kenya Tuna Uwezo (KTU) project for their efforts to enhance peaceful co-existence among residents in the area.
13 people voluntarily hand over houses acquired during 2008/2008 PEV to rightful owners.
US ambassador presides over ceremony, cit-ing it as an example of the fact the “change is possible.”
Handover ceremony - an outcome of rec-oncilition process being undertaken in the slum areas (Mathare, Korogocho, Kibera and Kiambiu) by the KTU project
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PeaceNet Updates December 5, 2013
Amb. Godec witness-ing the han-dover cere-mony in Kiambiu yester-day.
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US ambassador to Kenya Robert Godec is welcomed by the ‘Cohesion Champions’ Ambassador Godec , USAID Mission Director Tina Dooley-Jones
and PeaceNet CEO Mr. Stephen Kirimi
KTU DirectorSeline Korir chatting withthe ambassador as KTU Program OfficerGilbert Onyango looks on.
Cohesion Champions in action during the event
Yes, your excellency...Gilbert Onyango with Amb. Godec
Possing for a photo with some of the participants
Delivering his speech as PeaceNet CEO assists in translation
Meeting with some of the Cohesion Champions
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vevPeaceNet Chairman Michael Muragu addressing the audience at the event
Project Officer Gilbert Onyangoaddressing the audience
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