Nothing festive for over 400 families evicted in Athinai days to Christmas

A bulldozer demolishing a house at Athinai Sisal Farm in Rongai Nakuru County on December 20, 2018. Over 400 families have been evicted from the farm by the owner Harris Horn a Greek national through a court order. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

More than 400 families at Athinai village in Rongai will be homeless this Christmas after their houses were flattened following an eviction order by a Nakuru court.

The residents were woken up at 4am by the roar of five bulldozers and a battery of police officers who had been deployed to ensure the court order was enforced.