The Ogiek community celebrated their culture at their annual festival, but the event highlighted ongoing grievances including evictions and the government's failure to implement court rulings recognizing their ancestral land rights.

• The African Court on Human and Peoples’ Rights ruled in favour of the Ogiek in May 2017 and again in June 2022 regarding their ancestral land in the Mau Forest.
• Community leaders like Daniel Kobei, founder of the Ogiek Peoples’ Development Program, expressed frustration that despite these victories, the community faces continued displacement and lack of reparations.
• Elders condemned the eviction of hundreds of families from the Maasai Mau Forest, arguing that environmental conservation is being used as an excuse to displace indigenous custodians.