This archive report was first published on 25 December 2019.
On December 23, 2019, Emurua Dikir MP Johana Ng'eno addressed journalists outside the Narok DCI office, expressing concern over the summoning of nine individuals for allegedly buying and resettling over 10,000 evictees.
The Directorate of Criminal Investigations had summoned the nine people, including Ololung'a MCA Jefferson Lang'at, former Narok senatorial aspirant Albert Kiplang'at, and Carlos Keter, the personal assistant to Emurua Dikirr MP Johana Ng'eno, for allegedly flouting Nema laws when settling 3,000 families evicted from Mau Forest.
Narok County Criminal Investigating Officer Ethaipa Mwenda stated that the nine individuals had been summoned after receiving reports that the families who were ejected from the forest had bought land near the forest and wanted to settle there.
Mr. Ng'eno, who was the lawyer for the nine individuals, argued that the summons were meant to frustrate those evicted from the forest and that there was no law barring people from establishing a slum or a refugee camp anywhere in the country.
According to Mr. Ng'eno, a total of 65 acres had been bought in different parts of Narok South constituency to resettle the families, as the government had ruled out any compensation to them.
