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President Dr William Samoei Arap Ruto has pitched a tent in Kajiado County for the last few days as he tries to woo the Maa Community to support his re-election in the forthcoming general elections to be held in August next year.
But the president has been attacking investors in the area and even went ahead and ordered the closure of Tata Chemicals. Today, the president gave out a new directive that left investors in a dilemma in the area.
President William Ruto has declared that no single commercial entity will be permitted to occupy the vast 240,000-acre land concession in Magadi, Kajiado County. The executive declaration represents a major policy shift aimed at restructuring resource management in the region, returning up to seventy percent of the land parcel to local residents for domestic and economic development.
Addressing a public gathering during his development tour of Kajiado County, the Head of State emphasized that long-standing colonial-era mining arrangements would no longer dictate local land tenure. Under the newly proposed framework, prospective mining operators will be restricted to occupying between twenty and thirty percent of the acreage, capping single-firm control over the territory.
The remaining majority of the land will be systematically returned to the local community, accompanied by accelerated land titling programs designed to secure property rights.
The policy shift follows the termination of the century-long lease held by Tata Chemicals Ltd, which previously controlled the entire concession for soda ash extraction.
State officials cited statutory compliance breaches, insufficient royalty contributions, and a lack of local value addition as key drivers for ending the multinational’s tenure.
Rather than reissuing the expansive tract to a single entity, the government plans to unbundle the site and subject future mining rights to open competitive bidding.
Under the revised framework, incoming investors will face strict mandates requiring direct local industrial processing, such as glass manufacturing and chemical production within Kajiado, to boost job creation and retain wealth within the county.
The executive decision signals a broader push toward economic nationalism, prioritizing local community interests and domestic value creation over foreign-dominated resource monopolies.
No company will occupy 240,000 acres in Kajiado – Ruto declares
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