Search
  1. Home
  2. East Africa
  3. Kenya

"Last year we had plans…" (multimedia)

Damaris one of the displaced people at the displaced peoples camp in Runda, Kenya. February 2008. Manoocher Deghati/IRIN
    NAIROBI

    Around 600,000 people have been left homeless by the violence and chaos following Kenya's disputed elections in December 2007. 
     

    Click here to listen and view

     

    Election day slideshow

    Damaris Mumbi fled her home town of Kapsabet in Rift Valley province, when angry neighbours burnt her house and shop, and threatened to kill her family and anyone else from tribes associated with President Kibaki.   

    Damaris is now sheltering with her children in a tented camp at a church compound in Runda, a suburb of the capital, Nairobi.  Like many thousands of ordinary Kenyans, Damaris' life has been shattered by her ordeal.  She describes her sense of utter hopelessness.
     
     

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

    Share this article

    Our ability to deliver compelling, field-based reporting on humanitarian crises rests on a few key principles: deep expertise, an unwavering commitment to amplifying affected voices, and a belief in the power of independent journalism to drive real change.

    We need your help to sustain and expand our work. Your donation will support our unique approach to journalism, helping fund everything from field-based investigations to the innovative storytelling that ensures marginalised voices are heard.

    Please consider joining our membership programme. Together, we can continue to make a meaningful impact on how the world responds to crises.

    Become a member of The New Humanitarian

    Support our journalism and become more involved in our community. Help us deliver informative, accessible, independent journalism that you can trust and provides accountability to the millions of people affected by crises worldwide.

    Join