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Plans to resettle Kariobangi residents evicted during Covid period

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A section of Kariobangi in Nairobi County. [File, Standard]

When the Covid-19 pandemic was ravaging the country in 2020, some families were evicted from a government land in Kariobangi, Nairobi.

The decision to evict the families during such time elicited uproar among Kenyans with section of politicians taking swipe at then regime of president Uhuru Kenyatta.

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