Deadly ranch invasion shows sign of cracks in the country’s land use system

Laikipia west OCDP Mbelengo Mohare has been shot on the chest as he led security officers in the area to drive away illegal grazers who had invaded Kifuko ranch in the outskirts of Rumuruti town. [ Photo Courtesy]

Renewed invasions of private ranches by herders in Kenya’s northern Laikipia region a year after similar invasions led to deadly conflicts is a sign of cracks in the country’s land use system, experts said on Wednesday.