We all know Kenyatta's family owns huge tracts of land in our nation. How did they get it? Was it grabbed? Here is the story from reliable sources out of Kenyatta family.
The first story of how Kenyatta came to own large pieces of land in this nation I was given by my late grandmother when I was a young boy. By that time, I did not know the significance of owning a piece of land. My grandmother was almost the senior Kenyatta age mate. I had asked her, “Why is it that your father used to own large piece of land and people in the jet scheme are living in around 5 acres and no more?” My grandmother father had around 30 acres in one location.
She told me, “My father inherited a piece of their family land. But, he also bought several acres from other people using goats. Those days’ people did not value money like goats. To buy a piece of land one used to negotiate it in terms of goats. That is how my father did and ended up buying more than 10 acres using goats.” According to her, Kenyatta used the same procedure. He used to send people to community to negotiate for him. My grandmother could even name people who received goats from Kenyatta in exchange of land.
A very similar story, I was given by another person from another location where Kenyatta family owns more than 100 acres of land. That person is in his eighties and he told me, “Kenyatta did not grab this land. He bought it with goats when I was a young man from the people who used to live in this area. He did not force them to sell the land to him. They sold it willingly.” Next time you hear oh Kenyatta grabbed land, oh Kenyatta stole our land, look for the old people and you will get the bitter truth.
She told me, “My father inherited a piece of their family land. But, he also bought several acres from other people using goats. Those days’ people did not value money like goats. To buy a piece of land one used to negotiate it in terms of goats. That is how my father did and ended up buying more than 10 acres using goats.” According to her, Kenyatta used the same procedure. He used to send people to community to negotiate for him. My grandmother could even name people who received goats from Kenyatta in exchange of land.
A very similar story, I was given by another person from another location where Kenyatta family owns more than 100 acres of land. That person is in his eighties and he told me, “Kenyatta did not grab this land. He bought it with goats when I was a young man from the people who used to live in this area. He did not force them to sell the land to him. They sold it willingly.” Next time you hear oh Kenyatta grabbed land, oh Kenyatta stole our land, look for the old people and you will get the bitter truth.
