Elder moves to court to bar county from 'his land'

A Maasai community elder is seeking legal orders to stop Narok County Government rangers from accessing 700 hectares of community land, which he claims belongs to him.

The elder, Kitilai Ole Ntutu moved to court to seek permanent orders restraining the County Government of Narok, through its rangers, from trespassing or accessing Mara/Nkareta land  in Nkareta ward, which is within the county.

Ntutu told Nakuru Environment and Lands court judge Lucy Waithaka that despite being the registered proprietor of the said parcel of land, the county government had encroached and prevented him from farming on the land.

In response, the county government argued that Kitilai's community had settled on forest reserve land to which individuals were not entitled.

Hearing was slated for October 8 when the county government is expected to file its submissions.

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