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Appeal to resettle 10,000 evicted from Marmanet Forest

Laikipia Governor Joshua Irungu. [Mose Sammy, Standard]

Laikipia County leaders have asked the government to compensate former Marmanet Forest evictees.

According to the leaders, more than 10,000 former settlers live in deplorable conditions in Laikipia West informal settlements three decades after being flushed out of the forest.

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