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Group begins long 400km walk to deliver Uhuru letter

A group of Sengwer community members at the start of their 400km walk to Nairobi on October 6. [Stephen Rutto, Standard]

Members of Sengwer community living in Embobut forest, Elgeyo Marakwet County, began a 400km walk to Nairobi yesterday.

The hunter-gatherer community intends to present a petition to President Uhuru Kenyatta, to stop evictions from the forest they have called home for centuries.

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