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Anxiety as 70 families are asked to vacate government houses or face eviction

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Mark Shamwama, a resident of Otiende estate in Kakamega town ponder their next move after county enforcement officers forcefully evicted them from their houses on August 22, 2023. The victims received vacation notices in 2020 but they have been buying time in courts. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

At least 70 families living in government houses at Otiende and Amalemba estates in Kakamega have been ordered to vacate the premises.

The families living in the two estates have been served with notices to hand over the houses to the county government by the end of this month or face eviction.

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