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The mau forest petition dismissed

 The petition against mau forest

  • The petition was registered by former Kericho Governor and over 500 evictees vs The Narok County government and The Ministry of Environment and Forestry.

The mau complex 

  • Importance of Mau Complex

  1. River Nile gets its water from Lake Victoria which is fed by rivers from the Mau complex.
  2. The Mau feeds Lake Natron in Tanzania through Ewaso Ng’iro.
  3. An ecosystem depend on the Mau Complex.
The mau Forest 

Kenya has an international obligation to protect the Mau forest complex.

Concidering that the Mau Complex is a source of livelihood for millions of people beyond borders, Kenya signed an accord meant to manage the resources of River Nile in 2010. The Cooperative Framework Agreement (CFA) was signed by former Water Minister Charity Ngilu.
Human activity in the mau Forest 

Ruling delivered by the high Court

The mau complex Restoration, Re-Afforestation, relocation of all illegal settlers, nullification of all illegally acquired Title deeds, fencing and Restorations of the Entire Eco-System. 

Following a petition registered by former Kericho Governor and 500+ others against The Narok county government and The Ministry of Environment and Forestry, a ruling was delivered this week by the high Court in Narok.

Human activity in the mau Forest 

This is the summary of the orders issued concerning the Mau forest complex case in a judgment read today at Narok Law Courts.

That Allocation of additional land to 5 land adjudication sections were null and void.
That No evidence tendered to support unlawful evictions and no evidence that force was applied in evictions. 
That the Title deeds acquired by Petitioners were null and void.
That the Petitoners are not entitled for  compensation and no basis to support compensation of evictees as one cannot seek compensation for unlawfully acquired land. 
That the Interested parties who bought land within the forest are not entitled to compensation.
That the Public officers who aided the grabbing of forest land ought to take responsibility for their actions. 
That Any illegal settlers in the forest to vacate within 90 days failure to which eviction orders will be issued.
Once the Maasai Mau forest boundaries is established, the respondents and county government shall erect a fence and permanent feature around the forest within 24 months which will be maintained by the Kenya Forest Service (KFS).
The mau Forest Narok Kenya 

The Mau complex evictees wanted the court to declare the eviction exercise as illegal since all the affected persons had genuinely acquired title deeds from the Ministry of Lands but suffered a major setback after a three-judge bench sitting at the Narok Environment and Land Court (ELC) dismissed their petition.


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