Baringo Senator Gideon Moi's allies and some of elders in Rift Valley have dismissed claims that former President Moi's traditional power instruments had been surrendered by his Tugen community elders. They say the Moi family is in custody of the instruments which cannot be handed over without authority or involvement of the family. “Its absurd that a few confused people can go out to buy some paraphernalia and purport that they are instruments given to Moi by elders. He accused the Kalenjin Elders Council (Myot) of embarrassing itself and reducing itself to be a political tool for use by some individuals. The Nandi elders had bestowed the same instruments on Moi in a ceremony in Kabiyet in 1955.

Source: The Star September 20, 2020 20:03 UTC