Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina has once again hailed the planned eviction of persons inhabiting the Mau Forest, insiting that its conservation is a must.
This comes amid plans by the Environment ministry to evict people living in the forest.
However, the exercise has been criticized by leaders from the Kalenjin community, who have said that they are being unfairly targeted, claiming that the settlers bought the land.
Speaking on NTV's Weekend Edition on Sunday, the Narok Senator dared the people claiming to have been sold land by the indigenous Maasai people to move to court.
"Let the people who were sold land by Maasai landowners go to court," he said, further hailing Environment Cabinet Secretary Keriako Tobiko for his stern position on the exercise.
Ledama noted that the CS is on the right track, observing that he is doing the right thing.
"What Keriako Tobiko is doing is something that is godly," he added, in an interview also attended by Kericho Senator Aaron Cheruiyot, one of the strongest critics of the exercise.
Cheruiyot who has been leading Kalenjin community leaders opposed the evictions lashing out at the government for closing down schools within the forest.
He termed the move illegal and criminal and as part of an attempt to push for the continuation of livelihoods of the targeted settlers.
"Closing the 15 schools in the MAU was not only illegal but criminal," he said.
However, the Mau debate is not new and has been listed as the reason why ODM leader Raila Odinga lost his political footing in the Rift Valley region in the run-up to the 2013 polls.
This was after he rooted for the eviction of the settlers during his prime ministerial tenure, which saw him part ways with Deputy President William Ruto.