Kenya: Ongoing Wave of Demolitions in Kenya Exposes Deeper Governance Problem

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Kenya: Ongoing Wave of Demolitions in Kenya Exposes Deeper Governance Problem

[This is Africa] Kenyans are facing a pandemic of demolitions and evictions which are being carried out inhumanely. The demolitions are often illegal, conducted without a court order, with no consultation and no three-month advance warning. The evictions have been criticised, with calls for a paradigm shift from a war against the poor to war against poverty.

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