Chetambe Hills resident Agnes Nanzekho is among those resisting the move by the government to gazette Chetambe Hills as a forest. She ponders a decision by the Environment ministry to gazette the piece of land she occupies as government property. She is among about 30,000 residents who risk being evicted following a gazette notice issued on June 25 declaring the space as forest land. “I was puzzled when I heard over the radio that I am occupying State land. His words come some three years after Environment CS Keriako Tobiko, while at Sang’alo Technical Institute, asked Bungoma County Commissioner to evict the occupiers of the 1,003 acres forest land.

Source: Standard Digital August 01, 2021 11:03 UTC