MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY
June
16, 2005
MUUNGANO WA WANAVIJIJI / KENYA SLUM DWELLERS
FEDERATION
MESSAGE OF SOLIDARITY
We
the members of Muungano wa Wanavijiji / Kenya slum dwellers federation have taken note
of the situation of the evictions on the people of Zimbabwe. These inhuman acts have
affected the poor in the following ways:
- Social displacement of the people
- Left hundreds of thousands homeless
- Human and democratic right to
shelter violated
- Properties and belongings damaged
and lost
- Federation office demolished
- Children burned in the houses
in one of the settlements
As
Zimbabwe homeless
peoples federation is part of our family, we share with them during
this difficult time and request.
Immediately
cease the mass evictions taking place around the country;
- To ensure that adequate alternative
housing is immediately provided for already displaced population
and initiate dialogue with
affected communities in accordance with human right principle,
especially CESCR general comment no. 7;
- Investigate and prosecute the
use of excessive force by the police during the current eviction
drive;
- Comply with the state ‘s obligation
under international law to respect everyone’s right to adequate
housing, including legal security of tenure and freedom from dispossession;
information; participation and
self- expression; and resettlement ;as well as the right to food,
water, health, education and the right to earn a livelihood.
NB/ The Kenyan slum dwellers federation position is that “Evictions
without alternative solution are a violation of human right”
Thanks you in advance for your attention to this matter of
agency, we look forward to hearing from about your remedial response.
Respectfully,
Benson Osumba
MUUNGANO WA WANAVIJIJI KENYA
THE SIGNATURES OF MEMBER KENYAN’S SHOWING SOLIDARITY
Benson Osumba (coordinating land
tenure and Eviction)
My dear brothers and sisters within the S.D.I network, this
is just to remained colleagues that the proposed solidarity action
is tomorrow the 16 /06 / 2005 so kindly do something for Zimbabweans.
In Kenya we will
have a delegation to the Zimbabwe Embassy and press conference.
Which will be followed with the advocacy activity stated below
Civil society in Kenya have come together and organize Torture
week the “ Torture Week “ has organized to advocate and to highlight
the plight of human torture in communities and individuals with
in Kenya and other countries. Such as that of evictions of poor
communities from ancestral land or general Evictions without alternative
solutions restrictions to usage of natural resources such as coastal
beaches / restriction of fishers folks to access lakes inhuman grabbing
of land from marginalized groups, hawkers evictions that compromise
livelihoods.
Muungano wa Wanavijiji would like rally
together and participate in the campaign .due the above Muungano would exestend there solidarity
to Zimbabwe homeless
people federation by participating in the public rally on the 24th
June 2005 at the freedoms corner in Nairobi
and procession from Nairobi
to Nakuru Afra
stadium for public rally on 25th June 2005
Benson osumba
May God bless
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