A section of leaders from the Rift Valley region on Thursday held a meeting in Nairobi to discuss the government's directive to evict over 10,000 families allegedly living in the highly disputed Mau forest.
The government had earlier issued a 60-day notice to the families living in Mau to voluntarily leave before being evicted. The notice lapsed on Sunday as a majority of the families continue to vow that they are the rightful owners of their lands.
Some of the leaders from the Rift Valley region have advised the residents not to leave and promised to come up with the solution to bar the government from making the move.
Speaking in an interview to KTN, Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot confirmed that the leaders were meeting to come up with a solution.
"Basically, it is a meeting of leaders from the Kalenjin community living in the Rift Valley because of a very pressing community problem that is the issue of the Mau where for a long time we have tried to seek the attention of the government but we haven't been successful. We saw it fit to meet today to discuss and try to understand what we can do," Cheruiyot said.
The Mau issue has continued to elicit mixed reactions as another section of political leaders and Kenyans argue that those living in the forest should vacate immediately and allow for the conservation of the environment.