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Kenya Railways removes buildings on its Nakuru land

Traders salvage some of what remained after their businesses were demolished on October 11, 2020 in Nakuru.

Photo credit: Simeon Kemboi | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Several police officers were deployed to the area to oversee the demolitions.
  • The government is clearing the way for the rehabilitation of the Nairobi-Nakuru-Kisumu railway line.
  • Kenya Railways maintains that owners of the businesses had been given sufficient time to vacate.

There was chaos in Nakuru Sunday morning as the Kenya Railways Corporation started demolishing buildings sitting on its land along Geoffrey Kamau Way.

Several police officers were deployed to the area to oversee the demolitions which attracted several looters.