GOVT Issue Vacate Order for Kenyans occupying forests, riparian areas

nterior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has ordered all Kenyans living in government forest land to vacate immediately.

Speaking during the national tree planting exercise in Marsabit County on May 10, 2023, Kindiki noted that many forest covers had been encroached on by Kenyans.

The CS said high-risk areas which include areas prone to landslides or mudslides, settlements close to filled-up public or private dams or other water reservoirs, and settlements within riparian land along rivers and other water have recorded the most human fatalities, destruction of family and business premises, death of livestock and destruction of crops.

He said the government has so far relocated more than 181,000 people who had constructed shelters and were living near the Nairobi Rivers Corridor.

At the same time, Kindiki said all persons living in Government forests must vacate immediately, including those who have acquired title deeds irregularly and unlawfully.