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Ogiek's fight for community land rights has seen historic, decades-long battles finally pay off

Johnson Takur addresses members of the Ogiek during a consultative meeting on the ongoing registration process of the community land after the court reverted the land to the community. [Courtesy]

For Johnson Takur, 77, the struggle to find a place to call home has been tormenting and bitter. This reality still faces many in Kenya, exposing the painful unresolved cases of historical injustice, discrimination and the challenge of landlessness.

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