Residents of Mukuru kwa Njenga staged a protest on Saturday, November 23, demanding the government clarify its demolition plans for their estate.
According to the residents, they constantly fear being replaced to pave the way for the government to undertake affordable housing projects on their land.
They also expressed concerns of unidentified people marking the land in the area stating that it is designated for this project despite not having clear communication on the same from the government.
"There are houses they built and we did not know when they started. They are saying this land belongs to the government and even the land where they are taking us belongs to the government," one protestor lamented.
"We have so many questions and also a lot of fear of them as they have not told us who they are."
In fear of looming forced evictions and eventual demolitions, the residents pleaded with the county government to communicate the issue effectively and provide a structured plan for relocations.
Others also lamented about having to leave the homes they lived in forever and being told that the land belonged to the government.
Their fears are not unfounded as residents of various estates in Nairobi and across the country have faced this same fate since the President flagged off the affordable housing project.
Just recently, elderly residents, some of whom had lived at the affluent Woodley Estate for half a century were evicted from their houses that were demolished on Monday, November 18.
Two days later on November 20, residents of Kiambui, Kamukunji, held a meeting with county officials to express their fears of looming evictions.
Angered by the government's plan to evict residents from 59 acres of land in the area, an argument broke out and the meeting prematurely ended without a resolution.
According to the residents, 5,000 people whose houses were demolished earlier this year are still homeless as the government has yet to fulfill its promise to compensate them.
