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Police move to quell tension ahead of Mau forest eviction

Kenya wildlife services and Kenya Forest service officers patrol at Sierra Leon area in Maasai Mau Forest. [Joseph Kipsang, Standard]

Security has been beefed up in Maasai Mau forest following information that some residents were planning to resist the looming evictions.

This comes after the Government announced that some 2, 200 families targeted for eviction from the 17,101 acres disputed forest land had moved out voluntarily.

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