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Opinion: Forcible evictions are inexcusable

Wilson Airport

It rained heavily last night and all I could think of was families of City Carton. The City Carton community faces imminent eviction from a road reserve. They represent the unplanned side of national and county rapid infrastructural development plans.

 They and the many other communities who currently face forcible eviction seemed largely forgotten in the headlines from the Devolution Conference this week. 

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