Ogiek lose case seeking to block eviction from Mau

Ogiek

Residents follow proceedings at Mariashoni trading centre after a fact finding site visit to parts of Mau Ecosystem and Forest where a section of the Ogiek community live in Nakuru County on August 03, 2023.

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Kenya’s Ogiek community has failed in its bid through the courts to compel the government to allow them to establish homes within the Mau Forest.

The Environment and Land Court found that the orders sought were already the subject of previous petitions in which judgments had been rendered.