The Ogiek ancestral lands
were opened up for settlement besides the opening of closed schools and
gazetting of locations and wards.
Exodus of the new settlers
to the Ogiek ancestral lands.
'95
Issuance of allotment
letters which the community rejected.
Community holds
demonstrations both successfully and unsuccessfully.
Highlighted in both print
and electronic media.
'96
Ogiek petitioned Parliament
by presenting a memorandum Conference attendance.
The arresting of 67 Ogiek
and charge it fabricated charges.
Pick of elimination of the
Ogiek elites.
Private surveyors sent to
reinforce the government in a bid to speed up the program.
Intense lobbying to the
state house by the intended land beneficiaries.
'97
Several visits to the Ogiek
lands by the Provincial Administration Officials.
Ogiek intimidated to file a
suit challenging the government.
Ogiek file a suit H.C.C.A.
No. 635/1997 and won an injunction / court order.
Government lobbied to have
the titles and thus legitimise the illegal land allocations.
President do it on 24th
Nov. '97 at Elburgon PCEA primary school.
American Press visited
Ogiek on 24th Nov. '97.
Ogiek suit Applicants
warned of possible eliminations if they do not stop challenging the
government.
Ogiek popularly elected
councillors Messrs Daniel K Chessot and Francis R Cheggeh of Mariashni and
Nessuit wards were rigged out in favour of collaborative Ogiek by the
state machinery under the chairmanships of the provincial administration.
'98
Tribal clashes/ethnic
cleansing rock the Ogiek ancestral lands which was the sign of assuring
the new beneficiaries that they were finally settled.
Government interfered with
the intended 1st Ogiek suit hearing on 26th Feb. '98.
Ogiek suit applicants
warned of the impending secret eliminations by the state machinery.
Disobedience of the Court
order by the government intensified.
Government opened up the
Bararget forest for settlement on 3rd Aug. '98.
Allocation of the same
starts officially on 15th Dec. of the same year.
Arrests of Ogiek Patriots
intensified.
Quest for Ogiek to withdraw
the case intensified.
Formation of tribal clashes
inquiry commission.
'99
Arrests of Ogiek patriotic
youths continued.
Ogiek from Tinet are
threatened with eviction.
Ogiek cases postponed on
11th - 12th May '99.
Ogiek patriots and
applicants are faced with real threat of elimination, exiles continues
forced disappearance and mysterious deaths, false fabricated charges
became the order of the day.
Formation of land
commission
2000
Court rules in favour of
the government on Tinet case No. HCCA 238/99 ON 23/3/2000.
Ogiek from East Mau file
Court contempt proceedings against the government for violating the court
order on 13th April the same year.
OWC opens up an office in
Nakuru town against the wishes of state machinery.
Fresh demarcations and
allocation begins in East Mau.
2001
Government issues Gazette
Notice of its intension to degazette parts of 14 forests across the
country and excise a total of 167,000 hectares.
Ogiek from East Mau opposed
to the intention and even went to court where they obtained a court order
stopping the enforcement of the intended Notice HCCA 238/2001.
Nixon Sauna an
environmental lawyer file case No CAC 38 /2001 at Eldoret High Court.
Environmental NGOs and
Church bodies file the same Nairobi. Suit No. 334/2001.
Ogiek intensifies the
documentation of the activities taking place in their ancestral lands. A
book by John Kamau.
Ogiek participate in the
Constitutional Review Commission. "The Ogiek Stand on The
Constitution".
Ogiek commissioned out the
Environmental and Social Economic Impact Assessment on the damage done too
their ancestral land by the Government resettlement programs. The document
is not yet out.
Government refuses to file
a replying affidavit case no 228/2001.
Ogiek are constantly
harassed and intimidated to drop their cases and quest for justice.
On 3/10/2001 the provincial
commissioner Rift Valley province Mr Peter Raburu told 40 Ogiek elders in
his office to withdraw their cases unconditionally. He further question
the OWC offices and their activities. To them they are not comfortable.
Secret meeting and
fundraising are done by the new settlers.
Ogiek suit applicants and
other patriotic face renewed threat of physical eliminations if they do
withdraw their constitutional suits.
Ogiek Cultural activities
are disrupted frequently by the officers attach to the both regulate and
plain clothes police.
A High Court in Eldoret
rules in favour of the government. The Court dwelt more on legal
technicalities thus allowing the government to proceed on with the excise
the proposed forests which has already begun in full swing in total
disregard of other pending cases.