Ruto’s firebrand allies climb down in bid for rapprochement
Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua (L) and President William Ruto receive the report of the National Dialogue Committee (Nadco) from the co-chairs Kalonzo Musyoka and Kimani Ichung'wah at state house Nairobi, Kenya on March 8, 2024. PHOTO | PCS
Around this time in 2023, political tensions in Kenya rose considerably following the daylight invasion by a gang of an expansive commercial farm in Kiambu belonging to the family of the country’s founding president Jomo Kenyatta.
The gang, who were armed with machetes and occupied the Northlands Farm for the better part of the day on March 27, stole hundreds of pedigree sheep and set fire to commercial trees before the police moved in.
