A section of Nandi Gaa residents hold a demonstration at Kapseret in Uasin Gishu County. [Photo/ Joe Khisa]
Residents of Nandi Gaa village, Uasin Gishu County on Friday held a peaceful protest to demand for justice in a land feud involving the Late Mark Too's family.
The residents took to the streets demanding to be allowed access into a 70-acre piece of land they claim to have bought from their former employer, East Africa Tanning Company in 2001.
However, the residents were on August 31, 2017 evicted from the land after the late Mark Too's case over ownership of the land was ruled in favour of the deceased.
"When the company was winding up its operations, they apportioned everybody 2 acres and advised us to buy the land because they considered us as a priority," John Saina, one of the residents told journalists.
"Some years later, Mark Too told us not to continue buying the land saying he would buy everybody five acres but in a different location. We refused because the land is fertile and we had already bought it. That is when the feuds started," he added.
The residents have maintained that they bought the land legally and have documents to prove ownership of the land which they have been barred from accessing.
They claimed their lawyers were compromised during the land ownership case.
"Police are manning the property and we have been forced to live on makeshift houses along the road. We have a lot of property that we had developed on the land," said one of the residents.
"Uhuru and Ruto should speak on this because our local leaders have remained silent on the matter,” she added.