At the same time, Ruto announced the government is budgeting to resettle 12,000 families who have been living in tents in the Mau Forest in honour of the late Emurua Dikirr MP Johana Ng'eno.
"Before the end of last year, I was given a list by the leaders of this region of about 12,000 people, who need to be helped again.
We will alocate a budget, so that at around August and September, these people can find a place to live," stated President Ruto.
Ruto made these remarks during the burial service of the late Ng'eno and the five others who died in a helicopter crash on March 6, acknowledging that he is aware of the long-standing dispute over the land, stating that this was one of Ng'eno's wishes before his death.
The primary problem in Angata Barikoi, a region in Transmara South, Narok County, Kenya, is a severe, long-standing conflict over land ownership that has escalated into violent clashes, fatalities, and mass displacement.
The conflict centers on a 6,000-6,300-acre parcel of land, where there is an overlap between two land adjudication sections, Angata (Kipsigis-occupied) and Moyoi (Siria Maasai-claimed).
The Maasai community has consistently claimed ancestral ownership and, in previous court rulings, gained orders for the Kipsigis to vacate, arguing that title deeds held by the Kipsigis were irregularly issued.
The dispute is deep-rooted, as it also involves allegations of land grabbing by powerful individuals intending to set up sugar factories, which has triggered resistance from residents who claim ancestral ownership.
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