Is there justice for the refugees in Kenya?

An article published with "The Daily Nation,” Newspaper of the nation media group on 12 February 2012 states the proves of a research which brings Kenya out as the nation with the ugliest people in Africa.Mindless of the meaning 'ugly' carries, it reminds me of those days of road blocks all over Kenya where particularly refugees were targeted. Travels were with traveling documents issued by UNHCR which were satirically to be supported.

“Toa kitu kidogo,” or rather “Support your document.” With that money language, there is no point to deny that police had teeth for money.

There is a lame thought that refugees are wealthy factoring to looting in refugee camps of Daadab and Kakuma where refugees ran for rescue to save their little necks.

A looting scandal once investigated in Kakuma had looters entering somali home at night finding a mother feeding her baby amidst the night.

The looters broke into the house and began yelling, “Bring money.” This mosque mouse equaling other church mice in the camp could hardly produce a pound.

The looters shot a bullet through an innocent suckling baby to strike the mother beneath the breast.

The baby was gone and the mother was later well after treatment. Justice is not yet ensured.

The current government is a sigh of relief though touching borders is like touching the tail of a scorpion. This means Kenyan government has angelic eyes on refugees but personal difference frustrates the refugees up to date.

The splint still glows that refugees have money factoring to rise in market prices.

A friend, Atemba Rodgers told me, “Do you know that it's because of you refugees that everything even rental houses are expensive?”

I agreed because once witnessed a refugee, the price is doubled or rather tripled. Seeking of wealth in a day. Malice aforethought is an issue to hinder vision 2030 Kenyans are foreseeing. Should they go for other market research not this, then what exactly will vision 2030 stand for?

Miss Milicent Makhoka, a Lecturer at Mount Kenya University-Eldoret Campus advised me to be walking with Atemba whenever I need to buy anything in the market because we, the refugees don't bargain.

I heard it right leaving a patch on us refugees for not bargaining and in other words self-betraying.

Last year was an investigation in Kapsoya, Eldoret. A boy who brought his family from South Sudan rented a house and because it was the only house at hand, he was forced to pay rent of 13, 500 Kshs and a deposit of 27, 000 Kshs apart from extra pay of 3, 000 Kshs to the agent and water and electricity deposit of 4, 000 Kshs. This was 41, 200 Kshs in total paid at once in a month.

The bills continued to be 1, 500 Kshs each for water and electricity and forcibly the landlord persisted to be receiving double the rent and stay for two more months to receive money again.

In July, 2011 the house was vacated and the family wanted their deposit of 13, 500 Kshs they didn't use refunded. The landlord refused claiming the money was left with the agent Mr. Patrick Chacha. The landlord, Mr. Amos Muga was reported to the area chief and the chief said determined that he would solve the case. It brought in nagging just like taking a brother chased after into your house and scatter dust around the house so that whoever comes in search is blinded.

The Chief blocked the decision to take a mobile phone and chairs instead of the unpaid money from the agent, Chacha said to refund the deposit by the landlord because he had wasted the money. It was planning ahead for tiredness till the case was averted when both Chacha and Amos had escaped.

Justice is not ensured.

Then two gentlemen fought and one was injured in the same estate Kapsoya, Eldoret. The attacked reported the case to Kapsoya police post where the police even wondered why the case not first solved in the community was taken to them. The attacked wanted money he had wasted on transport to the hospital in a taxi instead of public bus to be compensated.

But the attacker who was arrested spent a night in jail and bailed out because the case was to no defined direction. He wasn't taken to court for judgment to be passed therefore bringing no sense of him jailed.

Later the case was solved and the gentleman who bailed the attacker out was taken doubting the outcome of the case.

The police officer in-charge of the post asked, “Is the case over?”

The fighters agreed.

“To whom shall I give the money?” asked the officer again.

To the attacked.

He removed the money and gave it to the attacked.

The gentleman who paid the bail was aghast!

“This is my first time to see this!” he exclaimed.

This is what refugees could say all, that they could hardly expect a bail refunded.

Whenever you go researching about refugees all over Kenya, you will find frustration caused by most of the Kenya nationals to refugees higher than soothing. The refugees are prone to betrayal that the degree of justice may be tenthly below.

Looking forward if justice could be ensured is the fact and let the question spark, “Is there Justice for the refugees in Kenya?”

Automatically you will understand money being the gleaming light to safer sight and a cure of stomach ulcers here, beware!