Today's Headlines
- Two Exhibitions Are On At Ramoma, Nairobi
- Country to Review Tourism Law
- Econet Wireless Finally Rolls Out
- Odinga Warns of Civil Unrest
- Mulee Rules Out Harambee Stars U-Turn
- Taking Up a Women's Agenda
- More Than 6,000 Christian Youth Converge for Prayers
- Catholic Church Outraged By MPs' Refusal to Pay Tax
- Pope Benedict Praying for Release of Abducted Nuns
- Thousands Flee Amid Fears of Border Clashes
- Malaria Rates Plummet Among Children
- Winning Against HIV Stigma Behind Bars
- First Congress of Federation of African Journalists a Historic Milestone, Says IFJ
- Archbishop Lele Urges State to Act as Food Crisis Bites
- Regional Workshop Focus Border Management, Irregular Migration
- Silverbird Acquires Kenya's Nu Metro, Starts Operations in Ghana
- Raila is Evil, Says Minister
- Man Charged With Abduction of Two Catholic Sisters
- UN Censures State On Torture
- Agencies Seek $390 Million to Offset Climate And Food Risks
- UN-Backed Scheme Gives 3,000 Prisoners Clean Water and Sanitation
- Samosa Festival is On in Nairobi
- Heartstrings in Another Comedy
- Govts, Investors Engage RVR in Rail Bid
- Mwangi Replaces Mwebesa At NSE
- Riepa Hosts Business Association
- ICTR Petitions UN for Arrest of Kabuga
- UBA to Invest SH360 Billion in Kenya
- Free Movement of People Too, Not Just Goods and Capital
- Judges Running Out of Money?
The Monitor (Kampala)
May 12, 2008
News Article By Andrew Bagala
Over 2000 Kenyan refugees have begun a new life in central Uganda, months after the Kenyan crisis ended but Ugandan and aid agencies say international rules do not permit asking them to leave the country.
The refugees have been relocated from Mulanda transit camp in Tororo District to Kiryandongo Refugee Settlement in Masindi District.
The Kenyan High Commission has meanwhile protested the relocations but the Prime Minister's Office has said their protest came after the process of relocation had begun.
The Uganda government is providing land for housing and accomadation to the refugees. About 730 families in total have each been given a plot measuring 100 by 50 metres according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).
According to UNHCR publicist Roberta Rosso, the land is meant for a house and crop production. Most of the refugees are from the Kikuyu ethnic tribe who fled the December violence following the contested re-election of President Mwai Kibaki.
