Question
State three causes of rural-rural migration in Kenya.
Answer
- Pressure on land that makes people buy/search for land elsewhere and move within the same rural area.
- In search of employment
- Insecurity in some rural areas.
- Setting up of government projects causes displacement of people who are resettled elsewhere (settlement schemes)
- Natural hazards force people to migrate for safety.
- Pastoral communities migrate in search of pasture and water for livestock.
- Changes in land tenure system/land disputes/inheritance cause people to move and settle elsewhere.
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