MP summoned over incitement

Kajiado West MP Moses ole Sakunda is among 10 people summoned by the County Security Committee over incitement.

County Commissioner Kero Harsama yesterday told The Standard the committee has ordered Mr Sakunda to appear at the county CID headquarters on Wednesday to record a statement.

It is alleged a section of politicians including Sakuda had a meeting at Maili 46 and planned to evict members of the Somali community from the area following a dispute between the locals and camel herders.

The commissioner said those arrested will be arraigned in court once investigations are complete. They include opinion leaders, women leaders and a section of youth from Maili 46 location.

However, Sakuda told The Standard he was yet to receive any summons and was not aware of the development.

“I attended that meeting at Maili 46 together with Governor David Nkidianye and the commissioner himself, what I don’t  understand is how I incited the two communities,’’ said Sakuda.

He wondered why he was accused while it was the Kajiado Security Committee that banned herding of camels in the county.

He said: “I have no powers to stop people from doing their normal business in my area, it’s the Government that ordered all the camel herders to leave.”

The Government early last month suspended camel herding in the entire Kajiado County to avert a dispute.

Quell tension

The security committee made the decision in order to quell tension between the two communities over grazing of camels in the area.

It is alleged that it was Mr Harsama who ordered camel owners who had leased farms within the central division to vacate with their animals.

He is said to have directed all his assistants and chiefs in Kajiado Central sub-county to monitor the exercise to see to it that all camels that had been abandoned by residents are moved.

At a meeting at Maili 46 in Kajiado West sub-county, locals presented their grievances where they claimed the camel herders were supplying illegal weapons in addition to unfairly competing for their cattle’s pasture.

It was alleged Governor Nkedianye categorically maintained all residents and leaders had agreed to have no more camel herding in the county to avoid conflicts.