Hundreds stare at eviction after influential officials invade land

Residents of Olempitira on the Nakuru-Narok border protest after their farms were invaded and fenced off by an alleged senior government official. [File, Standard]

Hundreds of families living on the border of Nakuru and Narok counties are staring at evictions in an exercise whose legitimacy is in question.

They say since Saturday, people claiming to have been sent by senior government officials invaded their farms in Narok North and Gilgil constituencies, putting up new beacons.