Give us land, squatters tell Government

Squatters in Hombe,Chehe and Ragati villages in Mathira,Nyeri County,protest outside the Nyeri Regional coordinator's office Naftaly Mungathia on February 11 2016.PHOTO:KIBATA KIHU/STANDARD.

More than 7,000 people who were evicted from forests in Mathira  have pleaded with the Government to resettle them.

The squatters, who presented a petition to Central Regional Co-ordinator Naftali Mungathia yesterday, claimed the Government had promised to resettle them but never did so.