hardwood wrote:The herders are actually samburu and maasai.
Hata Mimi nashindwa pokot wametoka wapi.
The ranch owners hired samburus and went ahead to allocate them land within the ranch for their animals to graze.
This agitated the neighbouring masais who are sworn enemies to the samburus. They felt sidelined..
The masais plotted a revenge attack forcing the owners to call for reinforcements from cops who came in renegade style and ended up shooting one of them in the process.
The angry morans retaliated by burning the lodge, looting everything and killing the animals including 2 pet dogs...
Listening to the farm workers one gets the feeling that there is a incitement by people who purport to speak on behalf of the locals.
"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.