Stop all evictions, State told

A woman with a baby standing outside her polythene-made tent along a road in Sigotik area in Njoro,Nakuru County on August 28,2014. She is among the Over 600 families of minority Ndorobo community who were evicted by the government from their lands in Sigotik Forest in Mau East about five years ago. PHOTO: KIPSANG JOSEPH

Calls to uphold property rights highlighted the recent commemoration of the 64th International Human Rights Day.

With concerns that despite huge milestones in the human rights arena, housing and land rights continue to be snubbed by the State. Many families are spending days and nights in the cold following cases of forced eviction either by the Government or private property disputes.