Fluorspar land compensation: Who pocketed Sh4m meant for Keriovalley people?

National Lands Commission commissioner Silas Kinoti when he appeared before the National Assembly Lands Committee at County Hall, Nairobi, in  April 2017. [Bonface Okendo, Standard]

Questions continue to linger as to who pocketed millions of shillings meant to compensate thousands of Kerio Valley residents who gave up their land for the mining of fluorspar over 40 years ago.

The revelation was made on Thursday when the National Land Commission (NLC) visited the residents who have been asking for compensation for over four decades.