{"id":27866,"date":"2021-05-17T17:45:21","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/?p=27866"},"modified":"2021-05-17T17:45:21","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T17:45:21","slug":"kdf-accused-of-defying-court-order-in-night-raid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/kenya\/community\/kdf-accused-of-defying-court-order-in-night-raid","title":{"rendered":"KDF Accused of Defying Court Order in Night Raid"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> Thousands of residents in Burat, Isiolo County have accused\u00a0the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) 78 Battalion of\u00a0evicting them from their land in defiance of a court order.<\/p>\n<p>According to the residents,\u00a0the KDF put down their structures at night\u00a0despite a court order which had stopped the evictions pending the hearing and determination\u00a0of the case.<\/p>\n<p>The locals also accused their governor Mohammed Kuti of failing to protect them from the ongoing dispute. More than 20,000 residents reside in the disputed property.<\/p>\n<article data-align=\"center\">\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kenyans.co.ke\/files\/styles\/article_inner_mobile\/public\/images\/media\/KDF%2078%20Battalion%20engage%20in%20a%20cleaning%20exercise%20in%20Isiolo%20Town.jpg?itok=HDfoo3Kd\" alt=\"KDF 78 Battalion engage in a cleaning exercise in Isiolo Town\" width=\"470\" height=\"264\" \/><\/div>\n<div>KDF 78 Battalion engage in a cleaning exercise in Isiolo Town.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p>Reports indicate that the military stands to hive off more than 49,000 acres of land in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to \u00a0KDF spokesperson Colonel Zipporah Kioko stated that she wasn&#8217;t aware of the matter at hand.<\/p>\n<p>Past reports indicate that the locals had been issued a notice to vacate the land in September 2019 after which they filed a petition to stop the eviction.<\/p>\n<p>The Ministry of Defence had stated that the notice to evict the residents would allow the KDF to proceed with their training activities which, they stated, posed a danger to the locals.<\/p>\n<p>The news comes as the same KDF Batallion was recently barred from evicting about 7,500 families from Tigania East, Meru County.<\/p>\n<p>The orders had been issued by the Land and Environment Court after 13 locals filed a petition seeking to stop the KDF from carrying out the evictions.<\/p>\n<p>According to the residents,\u00a0KDF illegally obtained a lease title\u00a0which they used as evidence to begin the eviction process.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The KDF has illegally obtained a lease title no. 27098 and that it is using this lease title to legitimise their illegal actions.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-ad article-ad-3\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1507752217570-0\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If their actions\u00a0are left to continue, the locals who live on the said land and have developed the same so extensively, will be displaced and be rendered landless,&#8221; stated part of the petition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AfricaPress-Kenya: Thousands of residents in Burat, Isiolo County have accused\u00a0the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) 78 Battalion of\u00a0evicting them from their land in defiance of a court order. According to the residents,\u00a0the KDF put down their structures at night\u00a0despite a court order which had stopped the evictions pending the hearing and determination\u00a0of the case. 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