Kenya case study: Forced evictions in the middle of COVID-19 pandemic leaves Sengwer community with no homes
16 Dec 2020
Despite the Kenyan government declaring a moratorium on all evictions during COVID-19, Kenya Forest Service guards have been conducting a series of violent evictions in the indigenous Sengwer community. On 10 July, they burned 28 homes in Kapkok Glade, leaving dozens of community members in the cold, with no shelter, and particularly vulnerable to the spread of the coronavirus. At the start of September, they burned 31 more homes.