Kenya: Magistrate Puts Brakes on Herders' Claim to Laikipia Farm

17 September 2020

Pastoralists will now take great caution when settling in private property while looking for pasture and water for their livestock if a recent court judgement holds.

In a ruling, Nanyuki Chief Magistrate Lucy Mutai declared the mainly Samburu, Maasai and Turkana herders -- under the Kisiriri pastoral community -- who had settled in the Jennings Farm in Laikipia County, as illegal occupants.

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