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Kenya Evicts 7,000 from Slums Despite Coronavirus Pandemic

Mohammed Yusuf

   NAIROBI - Kenyan authorities have forcibly evicted more than 7,000
   people from land in Nairobi slums over the last month, defying a court
   order. Authorities say they demolished homes because they were built on
   public land, but critics say mass evictions during a pandemic are
   inhumane and could further spread the coronavirus.

   Forty-two-year-old Daniel Ndungu saw the three tractors coming before
   his home was demolished last week.

   "We saw police officers coming into the area," he said. "They blocked
   the road and left the only one used by tractors. At around nine they
   started demolition. They didn't care whether there were children in the
   house or anything else. They began demolition."

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