From: George Nyongesa
Date: Aug 8, 2009 1:06 PM
Subject: Fw: BREAKING NEWS: 20 ARRESTED FOR VISITING IDPs IN HURUMA SLUMS
Dear all,
Please see email below. We invite you to take any fitting action. I am on my way to the Police Stations. Thank you for your continued support!
Sincerely,
George Nyongesa
Bunge la Mwananchi
+254 720 451 235
— On Sat, 8/8/09, jacob odipo wrote:
From: jacob odipo
Subject: BREAKING NEWS: 20 ARRESTED FOR VISITING IDPs IN HURUMA SLUMS
Date: Saturday, August 8, 2009, 7:05 PM
Dear All,
20 Bunge La Mwananchi members arrested at Kiamaiko area in Eastlands of Nairobi while trying to donate clothes and food stuffs to the IDP’s in Huruma.
Of the arrest6ed 13 have been taken to Kasarani police station, 6 are being held at Pangani police station while 1 Ms. Elizabeth Muthoni one of the leaders of Bunge women social movement is still being held at Huruma police post.
Ms. Elizabeth Muthoni has been beaten and injured by the police and requires urgent medical attention.
The visit to the IDP camp was an innocent get together organized by grass root people who meet at Bunge la Mwananchi Eastlands network to remind our brothers and sisters in the IDP camp that we still remember them and we want them out of there to go back to living like kenyans. We also wanted to find out what the government had told them on when they will relocated to their homes and compensated for the losses suffered. FYI thousands of innocent Kenyans who were displaced during Kibaki and Raila war on whose will rule and loot kenya are still in IDP camps or transit camps. There is urgent need to heighten awareness on this issue……
Through this email, we are appealing to all human rights organizations and activists to help us secure the release of this comrades. If you can make it to the said police stations please do so to show solidarity.
The 20 were arrested before they had even any meal for the day as you may be aware most poor kenyans are on forced one meal a day. It would helpful if you can visit us or send us some support through MPESA so we can buy bread and milk for the 20.
For more information about us visit www.bungelamwanchi.org
Reported by
Jacob Odipo
Bunge la Mwananchi
0712242133