Nairobi traders and residents whose houses and businesses were demolished blocked roads protesting against forcible evictions.
The demonstration organized on Wednesday by Muungano wa Wanavijiji and land rights organizations began at Freedom Corner before the protesters marched to the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure headquarters.
They had planned to present a petition to Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i and Parliament on ending the wave of evictions.
Carrying banners and chanting, the victims of the demolitions noted they were evicted from Mutindwa, Subha Soko, Westlands market, City Cartoons near Wilson Airport, KPA on Mombasa Road, Woodley soko and Moi Girls' Kibra without being allowed to remove their belongings.
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Among those affected are small scale business people who operated in open air markets and residents of Kibera slum where a link road was to be constructed.
People living and running businesses around Railways Kibra, Kibra-Lang'ata link road, Lavington, Yaya Soko and Kaloleni-Makongeni Railway were also present in the Wednesday morning demonstrations.
Those from Kijiji Kabete, NITD, Kaptagat and Dam village stated they were evicted for the construction of James Gichuru-Liloni road, a project funded by the World Bank.
Around 200 people who were left homeless want the institution to stop the funding of the project and urge the government to find them alternative residences.
Muungano wa Wanavijiji president Ezekiel Rema urged the county and national government to stop the evictions and let residents live in peace.
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The protesters further stated they are not against Jubilee's Big Four Agenda but that the government should find them alternative settlement areas admitting to receiving eviction notices before the demolitions.
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