
Ogiek Community faults Justice Mutungi’s ruling on resettlement of residents in Eastern Mau
The recent Environment and Land Court ruling that ordered the government to settle over 45,000 residents of Eastern Mau in the six settlement schemes within Nakuru County has sparked uproar among Members of the Ogiek Community. Justice John Mutungi ruled that the settlers proved that they were legally settled in Nessuit, Marioshoni, Sururu, Likia, Sigotik, […]
Read MoreOgiek Elders fault politicians for misleading government on Ogiek Peoples’ rights
The National Council of Elders from the Ogiek Community has faulted a section of political leaders for purporting to talk on behalf of the community. Addressing Journalists in Nakuru Town on Tuesday August 27, 2024, the elders led by Chairman John Sironga slammed a former civic leader for speaking on behalf of the Ogiek Community […]
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Ogiek elders’ last plea to President William Ruto over their ancestral land rights
- Pristone Mambili
- December 16, 2023
- John Sironga
- Ogiek community
- Ogiek Council of elders
The Ogiek community in Kenya continues to face systemic evictions from the Mau forest for decades despite landmark judgement by African Court sitting in Arusha in 2017 recognizing Forest as their ancestral land . The African court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ruled that the Ogiek had ancestral land rights to the Mau forest and […]
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