This archive report was first published on 19 August 2019.
Published on August 19, 2019, a dispute has arisen over the allocation of a 10,000-acre ranch in Narok. Members of the Naikarra Community Group ranch protested over the weekend, claiming that the list of beneficiaries had been manipulated.
According to the protesters, the initial list had some 1,500 members, but it had now ballooned to 1,700. The list now includes some people from neighbouring Tanzania, who were not in the initial list.
The protesters, through their spokesperson Duncan Mako, demanded that the Ministry of Lands intervene and order fresh subdivision. They accused a committee picked to oversee the subdivision of selling parcels of land meant for public utilities.
The committee was also accused of illegally creating a 4,600-acre wildlife conservancy against the consent of all members. The protesters said only Lands Cabinet Secretary Faridah Karoney, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, Director of Public Prosecutions, and Directorate of Criminal Investigations can resolve the matter.
They accused Narok South Sub-county lands officials of colluding with the committee to manipulate the land list. Mr. Mako stated, “We are demanding justice because we have been oppressed for long. We are perturbed that some new members have been added to the list through the backdoor without our knowledge.”
