In the final years of the Kanu administration, Kenya's second President, Daniel arap Moi, directed the Ministry of Lands to buy more than 15,000 acres of land in Banita, Nakuru County, from a private owner, to establish a settlement scheme for thousands of landless families in the area.
The targeted beneficiaries included local landless people in Banita within Rongai constituency and others who were former employees on the land which was previously a vast sisal estate.