Ruai night demolitions: Uproar after gov't evicts people during curfew hours

- Bulldozers stormed Ruai area in Nairobi county at around 10pm on Friday, May 15, and began to demolish houses - Reports indicated about 60 houses were brought down by the bulldozers, rendering dozens of families homeless - Locals said they had secured court orders barring the government from evicting them but the documents were disregarded - The eviction came barely a week after a similar one was carried out in Kariobangi North A section of Ruai residents in Nairobi county were forced to spend the night in the cold after bulldozers invaded and demolished their houses about two hours to midnight. Agitated Kenyans who got wind of the happenings trooped to social media sites to castigate the government for ordering the eviction of people during curfew hours and amid ongoing heavy rainfall. Read more: https://www.tuko.co.ke/357391-ruai-night-demolitions-uproar-govt-evicted-people-curfew-hours.html The victims said they had secured court orders barring the government from evicting them from their houses until the matter was heard and determined. The orders were, however, disregarded by the state and those whose houses had been earmarked for demolition were rendered homeless by bulldozers in a frightful night eviction. Read more: https://www.tuko.co.ke/357391-ruai-night-demolitions-uproar-govt-evicted-people-curfew-hours.html The eviction came barely a week after a similar exercise was carried out in Kariobangi North where hundreds of families were evicted to pave way for construction of a modern city sewer. The evictions which happened at the time many Kenyans were experiencing tumultuous moments brought about by the advent of coronavirus and heavy downpour sparked rage from netizens who demanded answers on the urgency of the government project to be set up after evictions. Read more: https://www.tuko.co.ke/357391-ruai-night-demolitions-uproar-govt-evicted-people-curfew-hours.html