It is unsurprising therefore that just as in 2007, Raila Odinga, has again chosen to mobilise his political bastion around land grievances. Odinga’s major premise is that the Maa and similarly situated communities have lost out to outsiders in the unregulated and open land market. His minor premise is that the alleged loss of land could have been averted if President Kenyatta’s government had implemented the TJRC report and Chapter 5 of the Constitution. It is trite that the entire property in land system in Kenya is constructed on the edifice of colonial and post- colonial entitlements. It is also unclear how implementing the TJRC Commission Report, the other magic antidote to land invasion by outsiders in the view of Mr Odinga, could be helpful.

Source: Standard Digital July 14, 2017 09:45 UTC