Accusations of irregularities during the December 2007 elections in Kenya sparked widespread violence that has claimed the lives of more than 1,000 people and prompted a mass displacement crisis in which an estimated half a million people have been forced to flee their homes.

This event will present an HPG Policy Briefing that analyses post-election displacement, resettlement and return in relation to land issues in Kenya. It questions some of the prevailing wisdom concerning 'durable solutions' to displacement in Kenya, with a view to informing discussions about humanitarian and early recovery interventions. It argues that simply returning people home, without addressing wider issues of land and reconciliation, will just postpone a subsequent round of conflict-induced displacement.