Inside Kenya's 70-year unending law row in Ang'ata Barrikoi

A decades-old land dispute in Ang’ata Barikoi, rooted in contested historical ownership, overlapping land titles and colonial-era policies, continues to fuel deadly violence.

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Ang'ata Barikoi's fertile land hides a 70-year conflict over ownership and justice. [File, Standard]

The lush green plains of Ang’ata Barikoi in Trans Mara West Constituency, Narok County, rank among Kenya’s most productive agricultural frontiers.

Every planting season, thousands of acres are transformed into fields of maize, beans and sugarcane, while vast herds of cattle roam across rolling grasslands stretching towards the Kenya–Tanzania border.

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Inside Kenya's 70-year unending law row in Ang'ata Barrikoi

Inside Kenya's 70-year unending law row in Ang'ata Barrikoi

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