Uasin Gishu County forcefully evicts over 1,000 residents of the oldest residential estate, Macharia

More than 1,000 residents of Macharia estate which one of the oldest residential estate in Eldoret been forcefully evicted from the estate by county government to pave way for renovation of the houses. Uasin Gishu County plans to renovate the estate and allocate it to county staffs. Affected families have accused the county of ambushing them to relocate without prior arrangements to enable them transit from an estate in a convenient and human way.