by Regina Kimanzi | Aug 15, 2018 | Blogs
Recently, Kenya has witnessed massive forceful evictions carried out to pave way for development and infrastructure projects, solve environmental concerns, extraction of natural resources and enable urban redevelopment and beautification initiatives among other...
by Anne Mulehi | Jul 13, 2018 | Blogs
Since oil was discovered in Turkana in 2012, new conflicts have developed. Conflicts have initially existed between the Turkana and Pokot communities, over border regions. But with the discovery of oil, residents have developed unrealistically high expectations of...
by Anne Mulehi | Jun 27, 2018 | Blogs
According to previous reports, land conflicts in Lamu stem way back to the 1900s when land was listed as government land (now public land). The county population stands at 112,252 persons composed of 58,641 males and 53,611 females as projected in 2012. This includes...
by Regina Kimanzi | Jun 4, 2018 | Blogs
The Ogiek, an indigenous community in Kenya that has for years since pre-colonial- period faced forceful evictions from the Mau Forest now wants the government to fast track the implementation of a ruling by the African Court of Human and Peoples’ Rights made in...
by Anne Mulehi | May 29, 2018 | Blogs
Back in 2016, Isiolo governor Godana Doyo wanted the LAPSSET corridor that traverses the county to be rerouted to a new route. The idea to reroute was to avoid conflict-prone areas along Meru-Isiolo border. The corridor was originally designed to pass through Garba...
by Anne Mulehi | May 22, 2018 | Blogs
In the recent past, Turkana residents have been pushing for a raise in the allocation of the oil share through their leader Josphat Nanok. They needed the raise to 10% saying the 5% suggested was inadequate. The concession came after MPs in the National...
