January 08, 2013
by Mathews Ndanyi
Hundreds of families are fleeing from Embobut forest in Marakwet where the government has deployed police to evict more than 15,000 squatters.
Some of the families they feared the government would use excessive force to evict them from the forests following the expiry of a 21 days notice issued by Elgeyo County Commissioner Arthur Osiya. Osiya says the families will not be given extra time and that the evictions will proceed as planned.
However he says they will not use force to carry out the evictions. Some of the squatters were paid Sh 400,000 per family as compensation but they have declined to vacate from the forests.
Source: All Africa
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