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Mau evictions: Rich fodder for politicians as the poor suffer

A house set ablaze by police and forest officers at Ororwet in Maasai Mau Forest in Narok County on July 21, 2018. [File, Standard]

The anticipated eviction of some 60,000 settlers from the Mau Forest complex is likely to snowball into a rallying point for Rift Valley politicians, as the 2022 General Election beckons.

In 2013, the politics around the conservation of the key water tower politically cost Orange Democratic Movement leader Raila Odinga.

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