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| Deadline for Kenyans to quit camp | Deadline for Kenyans to quit camp |
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| Some 10,000 Kenyans displaced in electoral violence earlier this year have been given until Friday morning to leave the camp where they are living. | Some 10,000 Kenyans displaced in electoral violence earlier this year have been given until Friday morning to leave the camp where they are living. |
| A BBC reporter in Eldoret in the Rift Valley says riot police have been deployed to the camp in a showground. | A BBC reporter in Eldoret in the Rift Valley says riot police have been deployed to the camp in a showground. |
| In May, the unity government started to resettled the displaced, but many say they are too scared to return home. | In May, the unity government started to resettled the displaced, but many say they are too scared to return home. |
| Eldoret's district commissioner told the BBC many of them were opportunists, waiting for handouts and must leave. | Eldoret's district commissioner told the BBC many of them were opportunists, waiting for handouts and must leave. |
| Leonard Ngaluma said most families in the Eldoret camp had been given 10,000 Kenyan shillings ($140) two weeks ago to help them make the move. | Leonard Ngaluma said most families in the Eldoret camp had been given 10,000 Kenyan shillings ($140) two weeks ago to help them make the move. |
| I have no doubt in my mind that we shall be able to close the showground without having to use excessive force District commissioner Leonard Ngaluma Kenya: Struggle for peace | I have no doubt in my mind that we shall be able to close the showground without having to use excessive force District commissioner Leonard Ngaluma Kenya: Struggle for peace |
| "The moment we gave that money, which we did about two weeks [ago], we had a very clear understanding that they ought upon receiving that amount to move out of the showground," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme. | "The moment we gave that money, which we did about two weeks [ago], we had a very clear understanding that they ought upon receiving that amount to move out of the showground," he told the BBC's Focus on Africa programme. |
| But the BBC's Wanyama wa Chebusiri in Eldoret says many of those at the camp say they have not received the money and have nowhere to go. | But the BBC's Wanyama wa Chebusiri in Eldoret says many of those at the camp say they have not received the money and have nowhere to go. |
| "I am confident that they will leave," Mr Ngaluma. | "I am confident that they will leave," Mr Ngaluma. |
| "I have no doubt in my mind that we shall be able to close the showground without having to use excessive force." | "I have no doubt in my mind that we shall be able to close the showground without having to use excessive force." |
| Eldoret is in the Rift Valley, which was the area hardest hit by the clashes following disputed presidential polls in December 2007. | Eldoret is in the Rift Valley, which was the area hardest hit by the clashes following disputed presidential polls in December 2007. |
| About 1,500 people died in the violence and 600,000 were displaced. | About 1,500 people died in the violence and 600,000 were displaced. |