The Nairobi County Government on Friday defied a court order stopping evictions of some Woodley Estate residents over rent arrears.
On Friday mid-morning, officers from the Nairobi County Council arrived at Kinangop Road in full force to enforce the eviction notice, only to find most houses empty, as the majority of tenants had vacated.
However, in the quiet neighbourhood that looked desolate, The Saturday Standard observed the remaining few tenants engulfed in hopelessness, as the county lined up six lorries waiting to load the tenants' belongings.
The Saturday Standard observed a single lorry leaving with a water tank, while some household items wrapped in clothing were being moved from one house to another compound-perhaps signalling that a tenant had agreed to vacate.
