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Members of the Ogiek community in the cold after KFS eject them from Sabor forest

A house belonging to Ogiek community goes up in smoke at Cheminden in Sabor forest Elgeyo Marakwet county. [Fred Kibor, Standard]

Emily Sitienei gathers her belongings scattered in the compound as smoke billows from her neighbours' grass-thatched house.

She breaks into tears as she ponders her next move after the place she had called home all her life is reduced to a heap of ashes.

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