Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya's president, is in a bind. His family's vast land holdings could be in the spotlight
still resent the British colonists who once ruled them, an attitude their schools encourage. The colonists bilked the natives of choice land and ruthlessly suppressed the Mau Mau rebellion, a land-related insurgency waged against them in the 1950s.
In 2010 Kenya adopted a devolved constitution that hands hefty powers to 47 newly created counties. It also created a National Land Commission with a mandate to address “historical land injustices and recommend appropriate redress”. In addition it lopped a nine off the 999-year leases granted to foreign owners of big farms in the former White Highlands.
To Mr Chepkwony’s irritation, the multinationals are not playing ball. They have resisted his demands to surrender their title deeds for inspection. They have also challenged the land commission’s ruling. Kimutai Bosek, the governor’s legal adviser, warns that such recalcitrance could prompt frustrated Kipsigis to take the law into their own hands. The tea companies do not take such threats lightly. In June the governor of a neighbouring county led an invasion of an estate, uprooting tea bushes.
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