Families double tragedy as they face second eviction

Some of the 700 families who have been displaced by the new railway line from Mai Mahiu Industrial Park to Longonot town hold a demonstration demanding compensation after waiting for over a year. The families from Mai Mahiu, Longonot and Suswa towns have now vowed that the works on the Sh3.5B will not proceed until they get their rightful compensation. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Over 100 farmers affected by the Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) railway construction in Mai Mahiu three years ago are facing another eviction.

This is after the government moved in for their remaining parcels of land, despite failing to compensate them for the losses incurred three years ago.