“Yes, Kenyans are celebrating forty years of self-rule, while the Ogiek are remembering the forty years of dispossession and institutional marginalisation of being rendered homeless and a lack of identity in their natural habitat. Safe to say while the majority of Kenyans are yearning for the economic and political recovery, the Ogiek are begging for recognised domicile. The Environment Minister is planning mass eviction, the beneficiaries will go back to their homes of nativity, the Ogiek might be forced to join the street families.” says this statement in support of the Ogiek.