As i write,Baba jimmy is in dilemma. A few years ago, uncle Dan and company was dishing out Mau forest like trees were going out of style. And behold, rivers are now dry on on the brink of drying up from Baringo to Nyahururu.
The Japanese government that sponsored the water project are faced with a white elephant. The dam is complete but there is no water! You don't need to be a geologist to zoom on Google earth to see the destruction.
But what will the eviction of the squatters help? did i say squatters? One of the land owners of the squatters land is Internal security PS, Mr Francis Kimemia who owns 50 acres. The land is so important to him that its now being guarded by Administration police; six of them to be precise.
When you see 10 Mps showing up to defend the forest eviction, the main purpose is two fold. One the Kalenjins benefited from illegal allocation when uncle moi was in power, so they have a lot to loose from their "people" point of view; and the politicians also have huge tracks of lands in the forest.
Land issue aside, lets go to the bottom line issue, security. The molo-kurasoi area saw the bloodiest fighting during the last elections, and it has been the issue of concern since 1992.If we can take the forest back, we can mitigate the fueling of the land fightings in the forest, and possibly have a long term peace solution. If all people of good will can support Baba Castro and Baba Jimmy (we can all agree they have been losing it of late) we can solve two issues; insecurity and environment
We have to save the environment because only 16 per cent of the country’s arable land is productive which is owned by a group of about 20 families while 84 per cent is either arid or semi-arid. Let us join hands and save the country from fast becoming a desert.
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