Macalder residents move to court to stop eviction from land gazetted as forest reserve

Macalder residents have asked the court to quash the decision by the government. [iStockphoto]

The battle for the gold-rich Macalder Kanyarwanda in Migori County has taken a new twist after a section of residents moved to court challenging the gazettement of 6,165 acres of land in the area as a forest area.

In a petition filed at Migori's Lands and Environment Court, the residents have asked the court to quash the decision by the government, claiming the land is their ancestral property.