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Leadership wars erupt over disputed Njoro land

Livestock grazing at the contested 2,800-acre land in Ngongongeri, Njoro Sub County, Nakuru County on August 4, 2025. The land has been a subject of ownership dispute between a 500-member community and Egerton University.[Daniel Chege, Standard]

Residents of Tulwobmoi, located in Rongai, Nakuru County, forcibly reclaimed 16 acres of public land that had reportedly been unlawfully seized.

Carrying slashers, machetes, hoes and a power saw, they took down a Kei-apple fence and ploughed the land in an attempt to reclaim it from two alleged grabbers.

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