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Thousands homeless after KRC's night demolitions in Kisumu

KRC demolitions in Kibos

Kisumu Governor Anyang' Nyong'o (in white T-shirt) visits people displaced by demolition in Kibos at a camp for the displaced on February 7, 2021.

Photo credit: Ondari Ogega | Nation Media Group

By  Rushdie Oudia

Correspondent

Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Kisumu City Manager Abala Wanga said Governor Anyang’ Nyong’o has been engaging Kenya Railways on the resettlement of the evicted people.
  • Ms Farida Salim, a member of the Kisumu City Board, asked KRC to treat those being evicted with dignity.

Close to 3,000 people were rendered homeless in Kibos, Kisumu County, following Friday night demolitions by the Kenya Railways Corporation.

Bulldozers flattened houses in an exercise aimed at reclaiming the corporation’s parcel of land.

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