Cumulatively, the Kenya Defense Force (KDF) has lost 40,000 acres of land across the country. This includes 35,000 acres at Archers Post, 29 acres in Karen, 29.85 in Nanyuki an a 3,900 acre piece of land in Uasin Gishu on which KDF’s bullet factory was built.
How private individuals appropriated land belonging to the Army is a subject of conjecture, but leaves no doubt that land grab is still here with us. Who in their right mind would contrive to steal land from the KDF? But obviously after stealing all other public land, taking what belongs to those who keep us safe wasn't farfetched. Indeed, stealing public land has been a subject of public discourse for a long time without much being done about it. Only recently did the government start acting as manifested in the demolition of buildings that sit on riparian land within Nairobi.