IDPs in Kenya hesitant to return home despite relative calm

from UNHCR

CHOGOCHO, Kenya, April 16 (UNHCR) – Thousands of internally displaced people (IDP) in Kenya are still hesitant to go home despite the return of peace to parts of the country affected by post-election violence at the start of the year.
Most of the IDPs, especially in western Kenya's Rift Valley Province, fear they will be attacked if they return home. Some 300 students at the school have had to move to other institutions, putting pressure on crowded education facilities in the area.
"I still don't feel safe walking around here without a weapon," said 72-year-old Githinji, who was seen in Chogocho recently carrying a bow and arrows. "Members of the other community regularly attack us when we come to cultivate our farms," he added.


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