Kenya: Indigenous Peoples

(asked on 9th May 2024) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Benyon on 18 December 2023 (HL838), whether they have had any discussions with the government of Kenya regarding the eviction and destruction of property of the Ogiek people in the Mau forest of that country.


Answered by
Lord Benyon Portrait
Lord Benyon
Lord Chamberlain (HM Household)
This question was answered on 23rd May 2024

The British High Commission in Nairobi is closely monitoring events in the Mau Forest. I have not raised this issue with the Kenyan authorities.

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