Nakuru estate residents live in fear as baboons take over homes

Baboons at a residential adjacent to Lake Nakuru National Park on November 4, 2022. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

At Naka Estate in Nakuru County, an ordinary day unfolds with the extraordinary sight of baboons turning rooftops into their playground. Young baboons dangle from internet and TV cables, while some amusingly brush their teeth using old toothbrushes scavenged from the neighbourhood.

Beneath this aerial spectacle, children from the estate scatter at the approach of adult baboons-a situation they have been forced to adapt to over the past six months since the invasion began.