Fresh Mau Forest evictions leave 1,000 families in the cold

A section of families who were evicted from Baraget forest, part of Mau complex amid efforts by the government to rehabilitate and conserve forest cover in her mission of attaining 10 per cent of forest cover. PHOTO BY KIPSANG JOSEPH

More than 1,000 families have been left homeless in a new round of Mau Forest evictions.

The evictees have been living in makeshift camps at Maasaita, Kuresoi, Nakuru County, since last week when they were kicked out of the forest by Kenya Forest Service (KFS) rangers and administration police officers.