Uhuru-Museveni Pact to give Uganda Rights to Own Land in Kenya
In
Mombasa Museveni was talking of the importance of continental and regional
integration while back in Kampala he is locked in a bitter and dangerous
‘quarrel’ with Kigali. It is called talking from two sides of the mouth. Then
it is suspect and of deep concern that Uhuru wants to ‘allocate’ land to Uganda
in Naivasha for the latter, apparently, to build a dry port. For anyone who
knows anything about the history of ‘land allocation’ in Kenya you are clear in
your mind where we are headed to. One of the reasons
Kenyans created the National Land Commission (NLC) and made it a constitutional
body was an attempt to address the destruction that the whole thing of ‘land
allocation’ by Presidents, especially Kenyatta I and Moi, had brought about.
Almost a decade later, that is since the new Constitution, and a president of
Kenya is still talking of ‘land allocation’ in a manner that sounds unilateral
and in a location (Naivasha) that is a hot spot. The president himself and his
family have been said to have narrow economic interests in the so called dry
port in Naivasha. The same dry port in Naivasha has in the near past been
questioned by leaders from the Coastal, Nyanza and Western regions. As we speak
thousands of Kenyans have been in an overdrive to purchase pieces of land in
that place. Naivasha is an ethnic fault-line. The port in Naivasha and careless
handling of land is a perfect way to brew a dangerous conflict. Later you will
wonder why people are fighting. It is simply because of a series of
un-thoughtful decisions by clueless chaps like Uhuru Kenyatta whose focus is
narrow, quick and selfish material ends. Uhuru should remember (if he has the
faculty to) that Kenya is reeling from how his bloody greedy dad mismanaged
land, instead of using the available constitutional tools to right those
wrongs, he is busy digging Kenya (carelessly so) deeper the muddy hole. And by
the way, if the idea of the SGR is to reach Kampala why does Uganda need a dry
port owned by Uganda somewhere inland Kenya?! How do you call that? Ushenzi may
be?
Uhuru-Museveni Pact to give Uganda Rights to Own Land in Kenya
Reviewed by Ibrahim Magara
on
March 29, 2019
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