Humanitarian crisis looming as over 1,000 families are evicted from Mau forest

Family ponders the next move after their house was razed down at Nkoben area in Narok North Sub-County as the evictions kick off to save the Maasai Mau forest. [Robert Kiplagat/Standard]

A humanitarian crisis is looming as the Government embarks on an operation to evict over 1,000 households from the 46,000-hectare Maasai Mau forest.

The operation, which is being undertaken by multi-agency team comprising the Kenya Forest Service (KFS), Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) and Narok county rangers, began on Saturday after lapse of a one-month notice issued to squatters.