Over 100 families from Dorobo community evicted from the Mau Forest Complex held demonstrations over the delay in resettlement saying the government was not committed to 5-year stay in camps.
The families have expressed their worries over the anticipated El Nino rains saying they can only see doom coming their way due to the poor housing structures they call home.
They claim to have been evicted from Mau at Neissuit area in year 2011 and camped at Sigaon Village awaiting government support to no avail.
Led by Sigaoni Camp chairman David Korir, the evictees called upon the Ministry of Devolution and Planning to hasten their resettlement and compensation.
“There are certain individuals and leaders who are taking advantage of our plight by registering impostors at our expense in order to lodge it with Devolution Ministry. We want the officers from the Ministry to tour the camp,” Korir said.
He says that since 2011, their children have not attended school, lived without houses and barely had adequate food saying it was time the government alleviated their suffering.
Bernard Rotich says that the families are facing grave danger of being swept away if El Nino rains fall while they are in camp.
“Those who were evicted from Sigotik and Kapkembu have been registered and are awaiting the government to resettle them but for our case, we are left on our own and politicians are not carin,.” he lamented.
The Kenyan government geared up to evict tens of thousands of settlers, from the Mau Forest in order to reclaim the largest water tower.
The Dorobo ancestral home, Mau, has been a critical water source for this entire country. Their total population has been estimated at 5,000 to 20,000, many of them balancing their traditions with the trappings of modern life.