20 June, 2012
PRESS INFORMATION - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
20 June, 2012
The Ogiek of Mount Elgon, Kenya, are on the verge of reaching a legal agreement that will have their ancestral lands returned to them. However, they urgently need financial help (around £5,000) in order to make these last steps possible. This is an extraordinary opportunity for them to regain their land and continue their sustainable livelihoods, an extraordinary opportunity for them to gain legal recognition so that they are no longer threatened with eviction.
14 April, 2011
On 6 June 2000 the Chepkitale moorlands (the Kenyan side of Mount Elgon) were gazetted: the grazing lands and forests where the Ogiek have lived since time immemorial were turned into a game reserve without consulting the Ogiek. They were then forced to abandon their hills, forest, honey, cattle and transhumance and made to live on tiny 2.5 acre land parcels down in the lowlands. Here, dominant neighbouring peoples were given land around them. Whipped up by politicians in the run up to the 2007 elections, these people formed an armed militia gang, the SLDF (Sabaot Land Defence Force), who raped and murdered the Ogiek until they fled back up into the Chepkitale Highlands.
Sengwer Indigenous Peoples
Sengwer Economic, Social and Cultural Programme (SESCUP)
13 October, 2010
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1 February, 2010
A 'landmark' decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has affirmed the right of the Endorois pastoralists of Kenya to own their customary lands and to 'free, prior and informed consent', rights which were violated when they were removed from a protected area. The decision invokes the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and draws on the findings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
MRG International
1 February, 2010
A 'landmark' decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights has affirmed the right of the Endorois pastoralists of Kenya to own their customary lands and to 'free, prior and informed consent', rights which were violated when they were removed from a protected area. The decision invokes the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and draws on the findings of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. The case has major implications vindicating the right of all indigenous peoples to restitution for lands taken without their consent to create national parks and reserves. Summary of decision and press release from MRG International.
Indigenous Information Network
7 July, 2008
Focusing on the Ogiek and local communities living in the area around Mt Elgon National Park. This brief report is part of FPP's series on Indigenous Peoples and Protected Areas
29 November, 2004
We, the undersigned African civil society organizations, working on and interested in extractive sector issues have decided not to officially participate in the IFC consultative process for Africa, held on November 29 and 30, 2004 in Nairobi, Kenya because of insufficient time and information on the process.
Emily Caruso FPP
1 March, 2004
H.E. The Honourable Emilio Mwai Kibaki, C.G.H., M.P.
State House
P.O. Box 40530
Nairobi
Kenya
Fax: +254 20 210 150
John Nelson
Editors: John Nelson and Lindsay Hossack
1 January, 2003
The impact of ten conservation projects on the lives and futures of indigenous peoples in seven African countries.
THIS PUBLICATION HAS BEEN BROKEN DOWN INTO CHAPTERS FOR THE WEBSITE. TO SEE THE FULL DOCUMENT AND OTHER CHAPTERS CLICK HERE.
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ISBN: 0 9544252-1-9; Pages: 312 Binding: Paperback.
 at Mount Elgon.thumbnail.jpg "Fred Matei, an Ogiek leader, at Mount Elgon, Kenya")
View of Mount Elgon, in western Kenya, which is home to the Ogiek people
© Emmanuel Freudenthal