Mau deadline looms as 3,366 families voluntarily exit area

Kenya wildlife services and Kenya Forest service officers patrolling at Sierra Leon area in Maasai Mau Forest. (Kipsang Joseph, Standard)

With two weeks left to the expiry of the 60-day notice to families illegally living in the Maasai Mau Forest, only 3,366 settlers have voluntarily vacated the disputed land.

According to Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya, the government plans to evict 10,000 families irregularly allocated some 17,101 acres of forest land.