The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
The government then bought a 450-hectare (1,112 acre) plot of land in Njoro, to resettle about 2,000 people. However that plan has been blocked by a dispute over ownership of the land.
In 2013 Wahito moved to Njoro anyway, hoping that by squatting on it, she and the dozens of other families who joined her would pressure the government to resolve the disagreement.
She’s still there today, battling pneumonia and wondering when her ordeal will end.
– Failed promises –
Faced with anger over the delayed process, President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2015 pledged 10 billion shillings to those displaced by violence in 2007, and other episodes of unrest.
However this too has failed to materialise.
Instead, local authorities have been handing out money to communities seemingly at random in the run-up to this month’s election.
Kenyans are heading to the polls once again on August 8, in a tight race between Kenyatta and Odinga. Tensions and fears of violence are rising.
“There must be fear because when you listen to the politicians’ utterances (on the radio) you get worried,” Wahito said.
“After the election results are announced, we never know what will happen,” she said.
