Laikipia ranches pick up the pieces, a year after invasions

A section of Chali Hotel at Sossian Ranch in Laikipia County which was destroyed by Illegal herders in 2017. [Photo by Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

Calm has returned to ranches in the county a year after a series of invasions by illegal herders left several people dead and livestock stolen.

On the 24,000-acre Sosian Ranch, chirping birds and a cool breeze capture the renewed hope of better days ahead. This is in stark contrast to the dark days that followed the killing of ranch co-owner Tristan Voorspuy.