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State evicts Maasai Mau forest encroachers as it resettles others

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Ololung'a MCA Jefferson Lang'at addresses Maasai May evictees at Saptet IDP camp in Narok South on March 7, 2021. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard]

The process to remove illegal settlers who had encroached on part of the Maasai Mau forest land entered its second week yesterday, even as the government began compensating and resettling another group of 35,000 evictees from parts of Eastern Mau forest.

On the northern side of the vast water tower falling under Narok County, hundreds of people residing in Medung'i area in Narok North Constituency were rendered homeless following the second week of evictions.

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