Ruto Promises to Buy Land Linked to Kenyatta Family To Give it Back to Maa Community
Ruto promises to buy land linked to the Kenyatta family to give it back to Maa community if he wins the August polls.
The land issue is very emotive in Kenya and as we head to the August elections, politicians are deploying every tool at their disposal to woo voters.
There are many unresolved historical land injustices in the country and politicians are now taking the issue into their campaign politics.
Despite many rhetorical promises made in the previous elections, nothing seems to change.
Deputy President William Ruto and UDA Presidential candidate has taken the land issue into his campaigns.
On his campaign tour of the coast region, Ruto promised to address the issue if he wins the August elections.
And he has promised to buy the controversial Kedong Ranch and give it back to the Maasai community.
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Ruto promises to buy land linked to Kenyatta family
On Saturday, May 28th, while campaigning in the Narok region, the DP said that if elected, his government would purchase the 75,000-acre Kedong Ranch and Rose farm in Narok County, which are both claimed by locals.
Kedong Ranch is privately held, and some members of the Kenyatta family are said to be among the 23 owners of Kedong Firm Ltd., the ranch’s parent company.
In his speech, William Ruto said that the land dispute between the two companies and the residents had dragged on for too long and that he was prepared to resolve it once and for all upon assuming power.
“The issue that is remaining is the Rose Farm and Kedong Ranch. We need to finish it the way we solved the Mau land issue so that the locals can be given the land’s ownership and the Government will pay,” he stated.
William Ruto’s sentiments were echoed by Kilifi Governor Amason Kingi and Garissa Town MP Aden Duale.
Duale said that the DP was the only Presidential candidate with a practical answer to the land dispute that had plagued the town since independence.
“The solution to the land question since independence – will be solved by a Kenya Kwanza Government under the leadership of William Samoei Ruto,” he said.
Amason Kingi on the other hand objected to the manner in which Azimio la Umoja, led by former Prime Minister Raila Odinga, intended to manage land-related issues.
“If Ruto can give a solution on land in the Coast, can he be defeated in Kedong? When you tell Azimio you have land problems, they only have one solution. They will tell you that they will take one of you and make them a Cabinet Secretary of Lands,” stated Kingi.
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