I wish I were Sammy Mwaita. Then I could tell you the genesis of the entire rigmarole. But I am not, so I will just tell you what might be in the public domain — what is, and is not, cannot be said for sure, since our unthinking journalists and commentators have done a sterling job of fomenting such a whirlwind of confusion that truth is obscured in its vortex. A minister de-gazetted forest land to settle the Ogiek. Up to that point, all was well.

And then what? Read the rest of Eric Ngeno’s article, and then join the discussion here

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