A section of the Mau Forest. The government wants all Kenyans occupying forests or any other gazetted land to vacate. PHOTO | JOAN PERERUAN | NATION MEDIA GROUP.
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The lush-green canopy that made the Mau Forest Complex, the largest closed canopy forest ecosystem in Kenya, is fading. PHOTO | JOAN PERERUAN | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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An aerial view of a section of the Mau Forest. PHOTO | JOAN PERERUAN | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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Some of the squatters, frightened by the show of might as the heavily armed KFS officers arrived in several lorries and in the backdrop of a history of brutal evictions, opted to peacefully move out. PHOTO | JOAN PERERUAN | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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An aerial of a section of the Mau Forest. Illegal settlers in the controversial Mau forest started streaming out of the resource this week. PHOTO | JOAN PERERUAN | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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A bird’s-eye view of the Maasai Mau. PHOTO | JOAN PERERUAN | NATION MEDIA GROUP.
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A section of the Mau Forest where squatters are leaving voluntarily. PHOTO | JOAN PERERUAN | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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The evictions are supposed to pave the way for the rehabilitation of the 46,000-hectare Maasai Mau Forest, which is one of the 22 blocks within the Mau Complex. PHOTO | JOAN PERERUAN | NATION MEDIA GROUP
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A tractor ferries belongings for three families voluntarily leaving the operation zone of the Mau Forest near Loliondo settlement. JOAN PERERUAN | NATION MEDIA GROUP.
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Geoffrey Langat leaves Sierra Leon area in Maasai Mau on September 5, 2019 ahead of the start of the second phase of evictions. PHOTO | GEORGE SAYAGIE | NATION MEDIA GROUP