Shaky peace descends on Narok after confrontation

By , April 30, 2025

Relative calm returned to Ang’ata Barikoi ward in Trans Mara South Sub-County, a day after the deadly confrontations between residents and police officers that left five people dead and several others injured, including five law enforcement officers.

Initially, there was a standoff when the residents turned hostile, forcing both the Inspector General Douglas Kanja and the Director of Criminal Investigations Mohammed Amin were unable to disembark after landing in the area.

The senior officers remained inside the police chopper for over an hour as local leaders calmed the residents down.

6,800-acre land

The violence erupted during a protest against the planned demarcation of a contested 6,800-acre parcel of land in the Moyoi Adjudication Section on Monday.

According to reports, the clashes began when officials from the Ministry of Lands, accompanied by police, attempted to begin the land adjudication process.

Residents, who have long claimed ancestral ownership of the land, opposed the exercise, citing lack of unresolved historical grievances.

The situation escalated quickly as the crowd turned hostile, prompting a heavy-handed police response that ended in bloodshed.

Area MCA Joseph Koech confirmed that security has since been reinforced in the region and that calm has largely been restored.

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