Ruto allies blame Raila for ongoing Mau evictions

Elgeyo Marakwet Senator and Senate Majority Leader Kipchumba Murkomen address the meeting. The leaders have blamed 2022 politics for the ongoing Moi evictions. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard]

Political leaders allied to the Deputy President William Ruto have pointed an accusing finger at Orange Democratic Movement party leader Raila Odinga for allegedly taking advantage of the handshake to instigate the Maasai Mau evictions with an eye on 2022 politics.

The over 10 legislators drawn from the Rift Valley defended DP Ruto’s directive on eviction of those living beyond the 2015 tea buffer zone created by the Jubilee administration but were opposed to the use of the 2008 Hassan Noor Mau Task Force report.