A 24km buffer zone is at the heart of Mau forest eviction crisis

Some indigenous tree cut down at Maasai Mau in Narok County on July 21, 2018. Inset: A map showing the cutline where families are being evicted. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

Nicholas Kimetto has maintained that he rightfully owns 43.98 hectares in the Mau Complex.

Mr Kimetto, from Narok South, said the Registrar of Lands in the then Narok District issued him a title to the land in 2004 and he did not, therefore, understand why he has been evicted.