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Kibera people excluded from WSF preliminary planning
by macharia
Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2007 at 12:54 PM
Macharia from the people of Kibera feels that
the people of Kibera were excluded from preliminary planning of the WSF and that the WSF is "not a forum for the poor".
Dear Dancan,
Greetings from this side,
I honestly do not think i will be able to do any show
with you tonight because my iterview will not change
anything on the ground.
It is now clear that w.s.f is not aforum for poor.I
told you the feelings of the people of Kibera if ever
were to be considered was to involve them in the
preliminaly planing.
I thought this was to be so and i mobilised about 200
youth.We did not here any word from you and you used
methods which are hostile which you want the poor
people in the slum to rubberstamp.
Yesterday there was running battle with police because
the people of the slum were demostrating against the
high entrance fee that had been set.
I,m not happy with this development for the objectives
of w.s.f have been highjacked and on the behalf of the
poor we feel very much abushed.I dont want to identfy
with such
aforum.
We still have alot of respect for you we mean well.
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