Pioneers of land scandal haunting Kenya 117 years on

The President of Kenya National Farmers Union Lord Delamere signing a recognition agreement with G.A.W.U President George Kanya and Secretary-General H. A. Oduor in September 1961 [File]

As happens in every electioneering period, tongues are already wagging over “revelations” about the size of land some influential personalities control. In a predictable pattern, there will be fall-outs between erstwhile buddies who will later make up and continue their back-patting.

Since the establishment of Kenya, the rich and the powerful have always inherited the earth, the mineral rights beneath it as well as the airspace above. Once in while, scandals swirl within government when certain individuals flout protocol and allocate obscene swathes to their friends. Resignations and sackings are inevitable but life goes on.