Over 100 families in Makande, Mombasa County, have been forcibly evicted from their homes over several issues, including providing space for the government's Affordable Housing project and outstanding tax arrears.
The families revealed that they were ambushed in the early hours of Thursday, 30 January, by the OCS, the police, and rogue youths who broke the doors of the houses and forced them to vacate the homes they had lived in for more than two decades.
According to residents, they suspect malice behind their eviction, as efforts to obtain a clear reason for the eviction resulted in a variety of conflicting explanations.
The residents explained that one of the reasons for the eviction was their failure to pay tax arrears over the past year.
