They appeared on Jeff Koinange Live about a fortnight ago and committed themselves to go to Mau together to establish the state of play.

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True to their word, former Bomet Governor Isaac Rutto and Narok Senator Ledama Ole Kina boarded two helicopters and went to the emotive forest, tagging along renowned journalist Jeff Koinange along.

Emotions flared when they touched down with Ledama telling those living in the forest that they would be evicted.

The angry evictees shouted at the senator and accused him of peddling untruths about the cutline, with some saying he was still in school when the cutline was set.

Governor Rutto made the case for the respect of a cutline, a position that was strongly contradicted by the Narok senator who said that there is no cutline.

From the discussion, it was clear that the two politicians' conception of the Mau problem was fundamentally different.

Rutto's contention was that the titles of the landowners were given by the state but Ledama contended that the allocation of the land was done by crooks.

Another point of divergence was the issue of compensation.