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State moves to evict the Ogiek from Mt Elgon forest

State agents have evicted members of the Ogiek community from Mt Elgon Forest and torched their houses.

A joint team of security agents descended on three villages and torched several houses in Chepkitale area leaving hundreds of members of the Ogiek community, majority being women and children homeless.

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