President Ruto said that there was no reason for the country to be a member of the regional court “that does not care for citizens”.
Kenyan President William Ruto this week threatened to pull the country out of the Arusha-based African Court on People’s and Human Rights (ACPHR) over the pressure by residents of a part of the Rift Valley region to be allowed to occupy forest land despite caveats blocking such use.
A minority community, Ogiek, claim the Mau Forest as their ancestral land, a position the African Court entrenched in a decision in 2017, after which political and legal tussles ensued, impacting land registration and development in the region.
On Monday, while addressing the public in Kuresoi, Nakuru County in the Central Rift, the matter came up and the President expressed his frustration with the orders from the continental court restricting the use of the land.
“There is a court in Arusha. They have been taking me in circles, but I have told them they have two options: Either they lift the caveat, or we withdraw membership from that court,” the Kenyan leader said.
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