Kisumu Court has directed the Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) to stop further demolitions in Kibos, Kisumu

The ruling by the Environment and Lands Court stops the corporation from further enforcing the directive that its managing director, Mr Phillip Mainga issued last year. The evictions have left a trail of destruction amid an unfolding humanitarian crisis affecting thousands of families in Kisumu Town East and Muhoroni sub-counties.

Thursday’s ruling, however, came more than four days after the destruction had been done and the affected residents moved to an 18-acre plot by the county government.

he first court order stopping the corporation from carrying out the demolitions was issued last year but was ignored.

The current order, however, stops any development on the land planned by the KRC until the main petition is heard and determined.

According to lawyers representing Kibos residents, the court allows the locals to erect temporary structures while awaiting the court’s verdict.

For Kisumu residents, the past few months have been a sharp, continuous, excruciating painful sacrifice they have had to make to pave way for the ongoing development being undertaken by the corporation.

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