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Mau evictees vow to reject Sh400,000 resettlement offer

By Karanja Njoroge
NAKURU, KENYA: The Mau Forest evictees resettlement exercise suffered a set back after some of the evictees vowed to reject the Sh400,00 offered by the Government.

The evictees from the Ogiek community said they would not leave the camps saying the amount was not commensurate with the value of their land in the forest.
The Government has announced plans  to have all the IDP camps across the country closed by the end of the week.

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