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Project for 10,000 housing units in limbo as clan now claims targeted land

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Kericho Governor Eric Mutai. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard]

The construction of 10,000 housing units in Kericho County hangs in the balance after a group of squatters claimed a parcel of land at Kevoko Chelimo earmarked for the project.

The Borowo clan, led by its chairman Richard Langat, has threatened to move to court to block the county government from taking over the land.

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