This is a guest post by Kennedy Mugera.
In a show of dissatisfaction over what most Maasai Herdsmen in Naivasha would call a miscarriage of Justice, Maasai Herdsmen on Tuesday 23rd February blocked the Mai Mahiu Narok Road after a ruling just came in from the high court awarding ownership of over 200 Acres of land to farming communities in the Area.
The Utheri We Lari Farm in Naivasha, the source of the dispute, has been subject to a court case after a dispute that pitted local herdsmen against the government, who the herdsmen accuse of taking sides in the matter.
The protest ended up disrupting the flow of traffic in the area, and only got worse when the police came and got involved. The herdsmen have vowed to seek justice over the land, which they describe as their only source of livelihood.