One year on from a landmark court ruling, the Ogiek of the Mau Forest are still waiting for reparations and collective land rights. Amy Hall reports from Kenya on a case that has the potential to change the lives of Indigenous people in East Africa and beyond.
John Sironga sifts through the pile of papers he has piled up on the seat next to him. ‘I’ve got so much evidence, collected over the years,’ he says as he pulls out something else.
From photocopies of 1960s identity documents to a transcript of a Facebook live Q&A, the chair of the Ogiek Council of Elders has been diligently documenting his community’s generations-long struggle for recognition and land rights.
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