Inside Kajiado, Taita Taveta border pact ruffling feathers

Governor Joseph Ole Lenku and his Taita Taveta counterpart Granton Samboja led both communities to sign a peace and boundary agreement that now sets clear the boundary at Njukini along the Oloitokitok-Taveta road. [Peterson Githaiga/Standard]

It took 14 days to solve a more than 40-year-old border conflict between Kajiado and Taita-Taveta counties, The Standard on Sunday can reveal.

In an emotional public signing ceremony at Elerai Chief’s Camp in Rombo Ward, governors Granton Samboja (Taita Taveta) and his Kajiado counterpart Joseph Ole Lenku put pen to paper to what is expected to bring closure to a decades long conflict along the boundary of the two counties.