PHOTO/FILE Special Programmes minister Esther Murugi said the government plans to resettle the evicted mau families at a 1,000-acre farm in Kipkabus in Eldoret.
By WANJIRU MACHARIA newsdesk@ke.nationmedia.com
Posted Saturday, February 11 2012 at 22:30
Posted Saturday, February 11 2012 at 22:30
The government has started profiling 200 families that were evicted from South Western Mau two years ago.
Minister for Special Programmes Esther Murugi said the families will be resettled at a 1,000-acre farm in Kipkabus in Eldoret.
Speaking at Aon Primary School in Kuresoi, the minister said the government had picked 25 families from each of the camps within the district who will be settled in two weeks’ time.
Since the rushed eviction from the Mau Forest Complex in November 2009, the families have been living in makeshift structures at different locations in Kuresoi.
There are 12 camps situated around the Mau forest block with an estimated population of more than 7,000 although the government has dismissed some of the evictees as imposters.
The families were evicted from the South Western part of the forest in an exercise aimed at restoring the water tower.
The families evicted from the forest will be resettled together with 169 families evicted from other forests and victims of post-election violence drawn from the local community as part of an integrated resettlement process.
“The government has decided to incorporate locals since their interests must be considered for the resettlement to be successful,” she said.
Area MP Zakayo Cheruiyot commended the government for commencing the Mau evictees resettlement programme.
However, he appealed to the government to lift a caveat placed on land sale in the area to expedite the resettlement process.
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