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of the Mau and the resulting political repercussions are back to the news. In reality,
it was only a matter of time before he did it. Taken in the middle of it are
thousands of people snuggled in uncomfortable spaces to watch the gloom of
their situation. It also happens to be the coldest time of the year, and what
bad time to sleep under the stars. And small children wear the
brunt, unable to go to school and unable to eat, sleep and play comfortably. In
the political din that followed their expulsion, no one mentioned their
the fate of the expelled. They were left to themselves.
The question of
Mau is extremely complex, emotional and controversial. The politicization of
the case of the opposing camps further aggravates the situation. What is lost
in the avalanche of reasons, is the real truth about the situation. We must,
therefore, demystify the myths and half-truths that nobody wants to talk about.
HALF-TRUTH
# 1: THIS IS ABOUT CONSERVATION
This is
perhaps the greatest and most uncomfortable half-truth. There is no bigger myth
that the fact that the evictions were made for the sake of the environment
preservation. The encroachment of the Mau was the result of the political
maneuver on the part of some politicians, and the settlement of thousands
peasants were supposed to achieve certain political goals. Conversely, the
The ousting of the same people also aims to achieve certain political goals. When President Mwai Kibaki asked the Prime Minister
Minister Raila Odinga to undertake the expulsion of settlers Mau, he was destined
to achieve certain political ends and the same is true about what Uhuru does.
If it was conservation, Uhuru Kenyatta would have ordered the evictions
during his first month in office in April 2013. Or better yet, he would have
ordered evictions during the election campaign last year. But he campaigned
there and did not say anything. In addition, it is his government that has built schools and
roads there and also attracted the 'cut line', even the tea plantation around the
Zone of exclusion. The convenient excuse for expulsion then becomes conservation,
which is just a half-truth.
HALF-TRUTH #
2: THIS IS NOT FROM TRIBU
By far the
the vast majority of settlers are Kipsigis migrants from neighbors
Counties of Bomet and Kericho. Their arrival and their installation in the majority
The county of Maasai Narok (since the 1920s) has always destabilized the
Maasai for many years. They have also upset the delicate political scales
Narok and already a number of them sit in the county badembly and also in the
National Assembly. The name "Kipsigis" means the breeders, and they
have a much higher birth rate than the Maasai. Demographic pressure in Kericho
and Bomet saw many of them migrate to Narok. Many also went there because of the
expelling their own land to create the tea industry in any of those
documented historical injustices that the nation does not want to address. But
the reality is that at their current growth rate, Narok could be another
Kipsigis County for the foreseeable future. The influx of Kipsigis migrants has
profoundly changed the socio-political landscape in Narok and the fact that the
Emurua Dikirr's parliamentary seat is under a Kipsigis, Johana Ng & eno, is part of
this emerging reality for the Maasai. South Narok, where the numerous evictions are
in progress, is already under threat of falling into the migrants. That's why
many Maa politicians are openly or indifferently indifferent to expulsion.
HALF-TRUTH
# 3: IT IS NOT ABOUT RUTO
Vice President William
Ruto has recently been under pressure from those against his president
offer. Always smart about a public (and private) statement by some of his elders
allies that they would not support his offer of 2022, it's hard to imagine the
the expulsions were not intended to aggravate his political misfortunes. So supported was the
pressure that he should publicly declare that no one owed him anything and that
he had no political debt towards him.
His statement was considered
the declaration of a relaxation with his political enemies, if only for
pressure. But the evictions followed immediately, knowing very well what he
meant for him and what had happened in the past. In fact, a video clip of Uhuru
lashing out at Mau's expulsions and even leading a fundraiser for Mau
expelled in 2009, went around on social media. He even said that he
had even been warned against participating in the function, but he gallantly challenged
Kibaki. He probably did not understand that Kibaki was coldly killing Raila
politically. Now the shoe is on the other foot. How predictable.
HALF-TRUTH
# 4: IT IS NOT ON THE HANDSHAKE
In March this
year, around the time of the handshake, President Kenyatta instructed
Ruto and the new CS Environment, Keriako Tobiko, embark on a
Save-the-Environment Mission. They issued a ban on exploitation and proceeded to stop
the charcoal trade, among other edits. They have never talked about evictions. so
chemistry between Uhuru and Ruto went wrong after the handshake and the
The president has now started to cannibalize his deputy.
He started with
which was barely veiled as the war against corruption and lifestyle auditing. Then followed
the humiliating arrest of senior executives of Kalenjin in Kenya Power a lot to
the anger of the energy CS Charles Keter. Just before the dust settled, came Mau's expulsions.
Then a model began to emerge. It became clear that Ruto's political fortune
were deliberately pulled south. Senate Majority Leader and Elgeyo
Senator Marakwet Kipchumba Murkomen, seeing the potential political damage,
flew into the Mau and tried to stop the evictions. But it became quite apparent
to him that he was fighting a useless war. There was someone of a lot more powerful
that he was really determined to have the Mau settlers removed. He folded
his tail and watched as the evictions continued and he was quick to blame on
the handshake.
There are
those who agreed with him and those who lambasted him, but if you trace
the moment the rain began to beat UhuRuto, it must be March 9th.
HALF-TRUTH
# 5: IT DESTROYS RAILA IT WILL DESTROY RUTO
The Mau has
been the Waterloo of many politicians. It was trying in the Mau that
Prime Minister Raila severely burned his fingers in Kalenjin. But if the
Mau expulsions were meant to destroy Ruto, so he will not reach the
goal. The way it was done as well as the schedule, is presented as
a ploy to make Ruto bad in his base and lose his popularity. Then his
Gideon Moi, who is on good terms with Uhuru, is eager to
to behave well by taking the side of the expelled.
But Ruto is not
Raila. Not being a Kalenjin, it was easy to identify him as an aggressor
outsider that Ruto can not be. Raila went into the Mau as an outsider, while
Ruto, who has not recently publicly said anything about evictions, is a
initiated. But
then, the law of unintended consequences apparently began. The whole Mau
saga had the effect of galvanizing Ruto's home base and calming her down
his enemies at home. There was a reality that made us think about this whole issue.
THE GENESIS
PROBLEM
As usual,
it is the poor who suffer the most while the rich leave it. Most
the deportees are people who sold their badets in the main country of Kipsigis and
moved to Narok in the hope of getting more land. Much of the land was under
group ranches that had been removed and subdivided into hundreds of
plots and quietly increased their area by widening further into the forest.
The genesis
of Mau's problem was the idea of group ranches created by the government
partially to cope with the problem of pastoral nomadism. Some owners
ranches have had the idea of marketing their farms and so sought
permission to subdivide the vast expanses of land bordering the forest. With
little or no clear boundaries, these ranches have easily outgrown their
stipulated area. Much of the affected area was under Sisiyan, Reyio, Enakishomi,
Enoosokon and ranches of the Nkaroni group.
THE BALING
GROUP RANKS
Powerful
political individuals representing powerful political families controlled these
group ranches. The Sisiyan Group Ranch, for example, exploded
1,105 acres to 3,000 acres.
Package of
different sizes were quickly curved and sold to many unsuspecting non-Maa
(read Kipsigis) migrants. There were also individuals from Kisii and Nyamira.
Others, such as The Nkaroni Group Ranch, have grown from 3,946 acres to 13,793 acres.
acres. Unscrupulous individuals have been quick to rid themselves of it
there was a ready market. It made sense, therefore, for a Kipsigis man to sell
his two-acre lot in Kericho and get ten acres of this land. Many sold
and got the authentic titles, but many more have fake titles. Many had been scammed
their hard-earned money. Evictions have affected Sierra Leone,
Chemogoi and Kosian sections of Mau that even affects the local
administration.
WHAT IS?
EVICTIONS MEAN
As the
the evictions continue, nobody talks about the directors of the ranches of the group.
Nobody talks about land surveyors, Narok County land officials who
treated the subdivision and the politicians involved. Now, what looks like a
localized problem, indeed affects almost all Kipsigis because many
bought land from those who rushed to the Mau to find cheaper (larger) land, but have
now been expelled. They too are nervous because they have separated with their money for
facilitate these people to settle in Narok and could return to their former
farms.
Taken in the
in the middle of these are the Ogiek, who for centuries had lived in the forest area
without design or interest in holding individual securities. They also have
been affected and it was really a lot of their land that became part of the
Group ranches in a hot air balloon. In addition, there is a calm and delicate policy
balance in the Narok government that could easily unravel as a result of these
Expulsions In addition, the Maasai undergo tremendous changes. The death of
Moranism and the gradual death of pastoral nomadism – partly thanks to the colonies,
is changing the sociopolitical landscape of Maa.
RUTO & # 39; S
WATERLOO
Enid Lakemann in his book How Democracies Vote: An Election Study
States of systems, "The rulers that people are
expected to obey should not only govern in their interests, but also
according to their wishes; and that rulers should be accepted by the ruled
– this acceptance is not a simple acquiescence but a conscious choice. "
She is pretty
summarizes Ruto's position among the Kalenjin, and who informs his
standing in the geopolitical pattern of things in the Rift Valley. And that is
he who hoped that Mau's problem would destroy him did not understand. It is
their leader by not only acquiescence but their conscious choice. That's really what was the difference
between Raila and Ruto with respect to the Mau. Ruto captured the collective
Kalenjin people's aspirations and this can not be his Waterloo. If they had
designed to be his Waterloo, he failed. But they have almost succeeded.
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