Land was the biggest prize in Kenya’s fight for independence. Once Kenya gained independence, the British did not take the land with them to the United Kingdom. They left it all behind. However, 51 years later land in Kenya remains a source of internal conflict and political intrigue.
Since independence every government has been faced with the land problem; none has been able to resolve it with finality. With every new government, existing laws have been changed and new laws introduced, and the land problem continued to persist, deepen and fester.