EU suspends $35m funding to Kenya over herders eviction
A section of houses ablaze on January 16, 2014, in Kamoyokwo village in Embobut Forest, Kenya. The EU has suspended $35 million funding for a water tower conservation programme following death of a herder in forceful eviction of the Sengwer, a tribe living the forest. FILE PHOTO
The European Union has suspended $35 million funding for a water tower conservation programme following death of a herder in forceful eviction of the Sengwer, a tribe living in Embobut forest in western Kenya.
Kenya Forest Service (KFS) guards are said to have used excessive force during the evictions intended to pave the way for the European Union-funded project seeking to protect water catchment areas in the region.
