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The case will be mentioned on January 23, 2024

Accuse the government of attempting to quickly evict them from Mau Forest Complex

Scientists will also implement various conservation strategies to restore the ecological balance of Lake Nakuru.

Friday, December 8, 2023 - Three international organizations have called out President William Ruto’s administration over ongoing evictions in Mau Forest.  The organizations, led by Amnesty International, called upon the Kenyan government to halt what they termed as forceful evictions of the Ogiek community in the vast land.  Amnesty International issued the joint statement together with Minority Rights Group International…

Monday, December 4, 2023 - The government of President William Ruo, through Kenya Forest Services (KFS), has decided to give out 60,000 hectares of the all-important Mau Forest to foreigners. The government has partnered with a Dutch company to conserve 60,000 hectares of Mau Forest.  According to KFS, through the Initiative for Sustainable Landscapes (ISL), the company will restore and take overall…

Monday, December 4, 2023 - The government of President William Ruto, through the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), has moved to set the record straight over the reports that it handed over a section of Mau Forest Complex spanning 60,000 hectares to a foreign company.  In a statement, KFS noted that while it was partnering with a Dutch company to conserve South West Mau Forest, it…

State is evicting the Ogiek from the complex on the premise of conservation efforts

About 30,000 members of the community live in the Mau Forest Complex.

On Nov. 2, the Kenyan government began demolishing houses and destroying property belonging to Indigenous Ogiek living in the Mau Forest. The Ogiek had won a landmark case in 2017 recognizing their rights to their ancestral land in the forest. The Kenya Forest Service said this did not extend to farming and building homes in […]

It wants to deploy apps and drones to make up for manpower shortages