‘We are living in absolute fear’: call to stop Indigenous evictions in Rift Valley

Ogiek people being evicted in Sasimwani, in the Mau forest. Photograph: Courtesy of OPDP

Human rights groups are calling for the Kenyan government to halt forced evictions of the Indigenous Ogiek community from their ancestral land in the Rift Valley.

“We are calling for an immediate cessation of ongoing demolitions and the evictions,” said Cyrus Maweu, deputy director of Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR).