Eldoret:Man lynched for spraying unknown herbicide on a maize plantation!
-The victim was among a group of five hired goons –
A section of the 10 acre farm in Soy that was sprayed with a Herbicide leading to massive losses/File Photo
Angry mob cornered and lynched a middle-aged man last night after they
allegedly found him red-handed preparing to spray a maize farm with
unknown herbicides in Uasin Gishu County.
The victim was among a group of five goons who had been hired to spray
the unknown chemical on part of the disputed 1,300 Sergoit farm which
is under maize crops.
Moiben sub county police commander Stephen Okal confirmed the incident
saying that four of the victim’s accomplices in the wee hours of the
illegal mission escaped death by a whisker from enraged members of the
public.
“Police officers who were alerted about the incident rushed to the
scene and managed to rescue the four goons who are in police custody
to assist us with investigations into the matter,” said Okal.
According to Okal, the developer duped the five goons that he was
giving them a genuine casual job in Eldoret only to end up at the
disputed farm on the fateful night.
The agricultural land which is situated in Moiben Sub County has been
under ownership dispute for more than two decades between 500 families
and a private developer.
Soy farmer counting losses as unknown people ravage his maize plantation
According to the spokesperson of the families, Yusuf Keittany the land
was allocated to them by the government after they surrendered their
parcels of land 30 years ago to pave way for the construction of
public institutions.
Some of the institutions include St Patrick’s boy’s high school, Iten
county referral hospital and Tambach teachers training college in
Elgeyo Marakwet County.
He has asked the government to intervene by helping them settle on
their property saying interference from a private developer had
hampered their efforts to carry out development activities on the
land.
“This is our land, we have been living here since 1978 when the
government gave us the property as compensation for the parcels of
land we surrendered to pave way for construction of public
institutions,” said Keittany
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