Cabinet Minister William ole Ntimama joins other Masaai community members in Muthera farm where they vowed that internally displaced persons will not be resettled in the land bought by government. PHOTO/GEORGE SAYAGIE
By GEORGE SAYAGIEPosted Friday, December 10 2010 at 13:18
Heritage Minister William ole Ntimama has threatened to quit his cabinet position over what he termed as intimidation of members of the Maasai community.
He told a burial ceremony of a Maasai land rights activist Moses ole Mpoe that he could no longer serve a government that failed to adequately protect its own people.
“I am ready to lose my job as a minister if the government that I serve continues to intimidate its own people and we shall not relent our effort in pursuing justice,” said Mr Ntimama, adding that the provincial administration was intimidating vocal people championing land rights.
The late Mr Mpoe was murdered last Friday at the Njoro-Nakuru turnoff when his vehicle was sprayed with bullets by a lone gunman riding on a motorbike.
Local politicians declared that the journey to fight against historical injustices would not be concluded with the recent murder of Mr Mpoe.
The deceased had mobilised the Maasai community in Mau Narok area to oppose a government proposal to resettle internally displaced victims on a land bought from a local white settler.
Mr Ntimama who was accompanied by his Narok South counterpart Nkoidila ole Lankas said they were going to demand for a ministerial statement in Parliament.
The leaders accused local provincial administration of a cover-up on the circumstances leading to the Mr Mpoe's killing which they noted was likely to provoke the community against their neighbours being resettled in the 2,400 acre land.
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