Maasai want people in wildlife corridor evicted

Mourners attend the burial of three people who were allegedly shot dead by GSU officers in the Masimba area of Kajiado County. [Peterson Githaiga]

A group of Maasai elders and political leaders now want the government to remove people living in the migration paths of wild animals at Mikururo along the Kajiado-Makueni border.

The Ilkaputei Council of Elders says the corridor has been the main cause of deadly human-wildlife conflict.