{"id":5079,"date":"2019-09-04T10:10:19","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T07:10:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/africasustainabilitymatters.com\/?p=5079"},"modified":"2026-01-11T05:30:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T05:30:31","slug":"evictions-begin-in-bid-to-save-kenyas-mau-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rayscohosting.best\/ASM\/2019\/09\/04\/evictions-begin-in-bid-to-save-kenyas-mau-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"Evictions Begin In Bid To Save Kenya’s Mau Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Mildred Wanyonyi,\nEmmanuel Onyango and Lucy Fleming<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 60,000 people\nare being removed from Kenya’s Mau Forest, an area known as the country’s water\ntower as it stores rain during the wet seasons and pumps it out into rivers\nduring the dry months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The authorities want them\nto move out as they accuse the illegal settlers of invading the area and\ncutting down trees to create farmland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since Monday, some\nfamilies have been leaving voluntarily, rather than face forceful eviction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thirty-one schools\nremained shut on the first day of term on Monday, affecting 10,000 students, as\npart of efforts to get the community to move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kenya Forest Service has\nbeen ferrying hundreds of their armed officers on trucks into the Mau forest to\noffer reinforcements to police officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Environment Minister\nKeriako Tobiko says it has become necessary to evict people as the region is a\ncritical water catchment basin that has a huge influence on rain patterns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is also a source for\nseasonal and permanent rivers, like the Mara – world famous for the wildebeest\nthat cross it during their migration into Kenya from Tanzania.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The planned eviction has\nbeen marred in controversy with some regional leaders accusing the government\nof failing to resolve the issue through dialogue\u2026Read\nmore>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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