NAIROBI, Kenya Mar 6 – The government will compensate 12,000 people who were evicted from the Mau Forest in Narok County in the next financial year, President William Ruto has announced.
The President explained that in 2023, the government provided KSh300,000 each for 2,000 families, which were living in tents in Mau Forest to exit the water tower and buy land elsewhere.
“After we had dealt with the 2,000 families, leaders from Narok said many others had been left out. At the end of last year, I was given a list of 12,000. In the next budget, we will provide for funds to compensate them,” President Ruto pointed out.
He also said the government will buy 5,000 acres of land so that families living in a farm owned by the family of former Provincial Commissioner Isaiah Cheluget can own it.
On the controversial Angata Baragoi land, the President announced that the government will buy the 1,500 acres of land for the people.
“We have also sorted out the land issues that have pitting members of the Maasai and the Kalenjin communities, and they should now live in peace,” he said.
He made the remarks at Mogondo village in Emurua Dikirr Constituency, Narok County, during the burial of the MP and four others on Friday.
Mr Ng’eno died alongside five others in a helicopter crash last Saturday in Mosop, Nandi County.
