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Suffering as 2,000 evicted from Kipini Forest

Suffering as 2,000 evicted from Kipini Forest
Miriam Matei in a dilapidated make-shift IDP camp at Shauri Moyo Catholic Church. She is among more than 2,000 people evicted from Kipini Forest by Kenya Forest Service guards. [Photo: Paul Gitau/Standard]

By Paul Gitau

Lamu, Kenya: More than 2,000 landless people who were recently evicted from Kipini Forest in Lamu have accused Kenya Forest Service (KFS) officers of failing to obey a court order suspending their eviction.

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