After two days of grueling journey that saw four children admitted with swollen legs, and a woman miscarry, Internally Displaced people who have been camping in the outskirts of Kenya's capital Nairobi, finally arrived on the 'promised land' that had been donated to them by a well-wisher, over 400 kilometres away. There was song and dance as the reality of a wretched life in the camp for the internally displaced people that had hung over them like a shadow, finally downed on them. Most of them could not believe that the two years of living as beggars have finally come to an end. To these over 400 people who were routed out of their homes during the height of the post-election violence that rocked Kenya after the presidential election results were announced Thursday the 22nd of October will forever be remembered as the the day when they officially stopped being Internally Displaced Persons.

Earlier on on Monday, the IDPs had embarked on a long trek to the land donated to them by a well-wisher, Mrs Salome Lenana, in Nyahururu, 400KM West of Nairobi. However, after covering 70KM on foot from Limuru-were they were staying- many children and the elderly could not take more. They hence chose to take rest at Naivasha town. By then, four children were down with pneumonia and swollen legs, and a woman had miscarried. They were all admitted to a local hospital. Doctors at the hospital told AfricaNews that they children had contracted pneumonia after being rained on on the way. Kenya is currently experiencing heavy rains that weather experts have associated to the El-Nino weather phenomenon.

But after their plight was highlighted by the local media, residents of Naivasha town raised funds that were used to hire tracks and buses to transport the IDPs to Nyahururu. Things were to later take a turn for the better when, on arrival at Nyahururu town, the locals welcomed them with open arms, and donated more in terms of money and foodstuffs. On call to recieve them was the Mayor of the town Mrs Irene Wachuka.

But scenes of tears of joy greeted them when they arrived on the land, as they were welcomed by their colleagues who had moved into the area early last year. As the displaced families reunited with their loved ones, songs of praises to God filled the air, as they all danced and sang in joy.

Many of those interviewed castigated the government for abandoning them at the hour of need, adding that they were not compensated as promised. They also thanked Mrs Lenana for donating the land to them Mrs Lenana is a business lady in Nairobi. She runs upmarket conference centres named Lenana Conference Centre, which she hires out to many blue-chip companies and non-governmental Organisations. She is also the proprietor on many other businesses together with her husband. For her efforts to resettle the IDPs,, she was feted by the kenyan President Mwai Kibaki,with the 'Order of the Grand Warrior' (OGWO medal. This is one of the grand awards granted to people who have contributed towards the development of the nation. The awards are usually granted to different people on the 12th of December, when Kenya celebrates its independence from Britain.