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Anita Nderu recalls 2007-08 post‑election violence that displaced her family
07th July, 2025 11:17 PM
Media personality Anita Nderu has shared a deeply personal account of the 2007–2008 post-election violence.
Taking to her official Instagram account on Monday, July 7, 2025, Nderu disclosed that her family’s harrowing story of displacement echoes today’s unrest, offering a poignant reflection on how history repeats itself.
“What we saw then and what I see now is eerily similar. Every time my family, friends and I come for the protest, I pray for our safe return home. In a normal scenario, I should not be doing that because this should not be how it is,” Nderu revealed.
“I remember most things and everyone we drove by, and my anxiety and my body remember to be scared.”
Post-election violence experience
In the candid statement, Nderu, while revealing that she grew up in Eldoret, recalled simpler days, marked by her parents’ ingenuity, as they placed two tyres to mark their home amid the dense woodland.
“I am from the beautiful town of Eldoret. I am the daughter of the wonderful parents who put up two tyres so they would know where their home was because, at that time, our area was a forest,” she added.
“I have also lived to see what the right way to go about things is, a fun idea, but it isn’t actualised. It was taken from us, and there is nothing we can do about it.”
Displaced
The former radio host went on and shared her firsthand experience during the post-election violence that saw many families being displaced while others lost their loved ones.
“In 2007-2008, my mother, sister and I slept in Bedford trucks next to our property as my father and brothers held fort at our home so no harm came to us. From our veranda,” she narrated
“We watched our neighbours’ homes being burnt down as we waited anxiously for when they would get to us. We are grateful we were spared.”
Like hundreds of thousands of others, Nderu’s family fled Eldoret in early 2008, joining a caravan bound for the relative safety of Nairobi.
“We joined the caravan leaving Eldoret to seek safety in Nairobi, the early days of 2008,” she added.
“May all your hearts that went ahead of us and took the unnecessary bullet or baton for us be honoured. We shall continue to be brave for you.”
