Over 1,500 families who settled at Saptet camp after being evicted from Mau forest have urged the National government and the Kenya red cross society to look into their welfare. The evictees have expressed that since they were evicted they have been unable to provide basic needs to their families who now face hunger and starvation.
The rift valley students association at the Moi University have since moved in to supply the families with food and sanitary towels.
According to Felix Kumoi who is a student leader at Moi University, over 20 students who hail from the Mau complex were affected after the evictions that were conducted in 2019. Kumoi said they were touched by the stories shared by the students who were victims of the evictions.He called on the government to at least support the communities who were affected following the conservation efforts by the National government.
Ololunga ward MCA Jefferson Lang’at has since urged the National government to assist the families who were evicted and pitched camp at Saptet, Olmekenyu, Ngoben and Chebitet camps. Lang’at urged the Kenya red cross to move to the region and supply relief food to the families who are currently facing starvation.
Rina Tonui who is a squatter at Saptet camp lauded Moi university students for coming to their aid calling on the National government to at least look into their plight.S he pointed out that the pangs of hunger have since taken one villager who died of starvation.