Looming crisis at the Sh38 billion Itare dam as evictees cry out for help

52 year old Mary Taroroti with her child inside their makeshift at one of the IDP camp at Itare in Kuresoi North, Nakuru county on April 4,2017. 700 residents were displaced in the area for the construction of the Itare dam [PHOTO:KIPSANG JOSEPH/Standard]

Nancy Korir, 65, has lived in Songol-Chesireret for over 25 years. This is the place where she has given birth to and raised her five children.

But her life was turned upside down on the evening of March 24, when earth-movers and bulldozers descended on the area - flattening homes and crops.