Basil Criticos confirms selling land to Ruto, but won't say for how much

Former Taveta MP Basil Criticos and Deputy President William Ruto. [File, Standard] 

Former Taveta Member of Parliament Basil Criticos confirmed to The Standard that he indeed sold off part of his land to Deputy President William Ruto who is now farming on it and raising crocodiles on it.

Ruto bought off the land measuring just about 2,500 acres in the run-up to the last general elections for an undisclosed amount, essentially transforming him into one of the large landowners of the area.

"I sold this land to the DP a few years ago," Criticos told The Standard...