[Peterson Githaiga]Covid 19 Time SeriesTrouble is brewing at Ewuaso on the Narok-Nakuru-Kajiado border over a piece of land said to be owned by the Maasai community but now being claimed by individuals. Hundreds of families living on the property are up in arms over alleged grabbing of their ancestral land by people claiming to have been allocated the land by the government. Trouble over the land began during the second phase of Kenya Electricity Transmission Company’s (Ketraco) wayleave compensation. While the seven individuals registered as Kedong Ngombe Ranch Limited claim to have been allocated the land in 1998, the company was registered in 2002 and the title processed in 2019. None of the individuals wanted to comment on the matter, only referring The Standard to the Ministry of Land offices.

Source: Standard Digital July 28, 2020 14:26 UTC