[SIZE=6]Donations for Huruma victims stolen from stores[/SIZE]
A commotion broke out at Huruma CDF camp Wednesday due to agitation over missing donations that had been given to families affected after a house collapsed last week killing 52 people.
A lorryload of food stuff including rice, maize flour, and cooking fat and other household items donated by Kenyatta University students were stolen from the store where victims are being accommodated.
Huruma Assistant Chief Marion Doka said they were at Daima Primary distributing other handouts that had been donated by the government when the items were stolen.
“I was called at around 7pm and told a group of youth had forced their way into the store. This happened after one of the women opened the door to investigate reported theft that was going on where food items were being passed through the window,” said Ms Doka.
She added: “The young men pushed her into the store and took off with items which included some blankets, flour, diapers and sanitary towels donated by P&G. She was rescued by fellow women otherwise she would have been injured.”
She said they returned to the camp with police when they found a commotion.
“We are now investigating the matter, we want to know where the items went to and who were involved,” said Doka, adding that one Macharia had been keeping the key to the store.
But the youth at the camp, led by the assistant youth leader, Brenda Adika refuted the claims and instead blamed the administrators.
“There is no way youths can come into the chief’s camp to steal. If that had been the case, then the door would have been broken or fallen following the commotion. They need to return the items,” said another youth who did not want to be named for fear of a backlash, “This is a well-orchestrated theft.”