Over 2,000 residents around the villages of Lilongwe, Mazunguka, Mbuyuni, and Mwangaza in Mombasa are living in fear after receiving an evacuation notice from the Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority (EPRA).

Residents of Chaani, affected by the notice, protested on Wednesday, February 19, against EPRA, which directed them to vacate houses set for demolition on February 26.

The residents argued that they had yet to receive a specific compensation plan before they could consider vacating.

Furthermore, they maintained that they were not on the pipeline land and that their houses should not be demolished.