,~~~~~-°') , ·\ AC H PR ) • African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights 'ct1tttxf ·.. Human Rights our Collective Responsibility Communication 865/25: William Kiplangat Kalegu and others (Roy Koimett) v. The Republic of Kenya Summary of the Complaint: 1. The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Secretariat) received a Communication on 7 January 2025, submitted by Koimett & Company Advocates represented by Roy Koimett hereinafter called "the Complainants" on behalf of William Kiplangat Kalegu, Joseph Letuya, Elasco Reno, Nahashon K. Kipto, Stephen Pandurnuye,· Joseph K. Sang, Parsaloi Saitoti, Kiprono Sigilal, Zakayo Lesinga, James Rana, Julias Sitonim, Charles K. Ndaranya, hereinafter called "the victims". 2. The Complaint was lodged against the . Republic of Kenya (hereinafter the Respondent State or Kenya), which ratified the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights (the African Charter) on 23 January 1992. 3. The Complainants indicate that the victims are Kenyan citizen, and that the victims are the beneficial owners of the lands located at Mariashioni Location, Elburgon Division, Nessuit Location and Njoro Division within the Nakuru County or the Mau Forest outs~irt • 4. According to the Complainants, the victims and their families have occupied the said land since time immemorial because the same was ancestral and did indeed support their lifestyle as the hunter-gatherer Ogiek community 5. The Complainants allege thatindeed the victims herein have subsisted on the said lands as have their ancestors since they were toddlers and the same was a forest as opposed to arable land. 6. The Complainants claim that their relatives and their ancestors have been interred therein and the land holds sacred trees and shrines of utmost importance to the Victims and their community. 7. The Complainants further allege that notwithstanding the abo State has illegally and un-procedurally moved ·into the Victim purportedly with the help of their armed services forcefully tearing down their premises and abodes without notice a circumstances that the Victims file this application. · ,, · Afrn1q ann (( -~.:; AJ1 Organ or ltie U 10 1 /efa'i~ \ 1 ,1 The African Com eoples' Right s 31 Bijilo Annex Layout, Kombo North District, West Coast Region Phone: (220) 230 4361 Fax: (220) 441 05 04 Email: au-ban jul@africanun ion.org https:/achpr.au.intiO OD