Lift farming ban, settlers urge police
Some of the squatters living in Chepchoina in Trans Nzoia County during a meeting following the arrival of internal refugee from Rongai in Nakuru who were to be resettled at the Chepchoina farm. Settlers at a settlement scheme in Trans Nzoia want security chiefs to lift a cultivation ban imposed three weeks ago. PHOTO/FILE
What you need to know:
- The tension, which arose in January, began to build up after some armed intruders prevented the settlers from preparing their farms.
Settlers at a settlement scheme in Trans Nzoia want security chiefs to lift a cultivation ban imposed three weeks ago following a rise in tension that saw one person killed and several others injured.
The settlers, who depended on farming at the Chepchoina Settlement Scheme to sustain themselves, are worried about their delay in planting due to the ban.
“We were ordered to suspend all farming activities on our land as we wait for our leaders to find ways of quelling the tension,” said the group’s chairman, Mr Peter Chakali.
The tension, which arose in January, began to build up after some armed intruders prevented the settlers from preparing their farms.
Security chiefs who converged at the Chepchoina General Service Unit camp banned political meetings at the settlement scheme and ordered all settlers to put land preparation on hold until a solution to the problem is found by leaders in the region.
“It is sad that we have acquired all the necessary farm inputs but can’t cultivate our land,” said Mr Chakali.
