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Memories and scars of forced eviction and the struggle for land rights

Linet Chepkemoi from the Ogiek community at her home in Chepkitale. Caroline Chebet, Standard]

Sompet Ngusilo squinted through the rain-streaked window in her rental house in Ologirgirai town, her gaze fixed on a particular spot across the valley.

To her, the spot in Sasimwani, part of the Maasai Mau forest, holds critical memories over eight decades.

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