Isiolo County Governor H.E Dr. mohamed Abdi Kuti recently added his voice to the recurrent insecurities being witnessed in Charri ward after suspected Samburu bandits shot and killed an old man who was tending to his livestock at a place called 'Kuro Bisan Owwo', a story which was exclusively covered by ICBN barely minutes after it happened.
The old man who was felled was later identified as Dayo, a native of Barambate!
This happened barely a fortnight after another attack in the same area in which four people lost their lives which was erroneously covered by Nation journalist one Vivian Chebet where she claimed the deceased were actually bandits and that they were murdered in samburu county which sealed their fate to any dignified sendoff while their families were rendered unable to seek justice from the concerned authorities because of intimidation and misinformation which was designed to assassinate the characters of the deceased. Some thought it was Craig pulling the strings and because of that Jebet, the police and a section of the local leadership were blamed for the mishap which many read foul play at play(pun unintended) in the whole saga!
*Speculations have also been rife for months and years that this was not an ordinary inter-ethnic attack or the occasional cattle rustling antics by the neighbouring samburu community but rather a well orchestrated scheme by the conservancy titan and NRT director Ian Craig to create instability and anarchy in the region between the two pastoral communities specifically the Samburu and Borana so that he can have the space to establish his multi billion tourist resort empire whose preps are at an advanced stage already.*
The local leadership has been mum over the issue which the locals have raised severally with them which prompted a group of politicians from Isiolo led by Senator Dhullo to go on a fact finding mission, *a move which was brought under scrutiny after it emerged that the Cessna plane they used belong to the aggressor Mr. Craig.* Since then, nothing has been forthcoming from the legislators especially with respect to their findings among the people and from the owners of the Bulesa/Biliqo conservancy. It has long been speculated that most were indeed agents of Ian Craig who are hoodwinking the community into remaining obedient while their land was categorically being decimated by a colonial geezer who is still thirsting for control of the native populations decades after his forefathers left to allow self rule.
However, Governor Kuti's candid calling out of Ian Craig and his destructive organization in the region has widely been welcomed as a new era for the people of Charri in particular and Isiolo county in general.
The fear many locals had was that Ian Craig was too big and hence will scare our leaders into oblivion before they start opening their mouths to speak about his vices on the locals.
Craig has succeeded to some extent on this judging by a section of leaders who have consistently refused to touch on any matter concerning Ian Craig much to the despair of the locals who longed for a voice of reason to put Ian Craig in his rightful place-which they say is 'outside Isiolo county' but got none in return until Kuti's tell all at the site where a herder was shot dead.
√√√Governor Kuti made some incredible revelations about Ian Craig as follows:-
1. That Ian Craig runs a private military force which is under his command. The governor sought to know from the security officials why a private entity would be allowed to keep a whole military force in their backyard for starters!
2. That Ian Craig is the one sponsoring interethnic clashes by arming and funding bandits from the neighbouring county to cause insecurity in Charri so that he can advance his devilish agenda of land grabbing.
3. That NRT, an organization supposedly affiliated with Ian Craig is not to blame for his constituents woes but a private company in the name of Lewa and owned by the aggressor that is causing anarchy in the region while mentioning Ian Craig by name.
4. That for the fifteen years that Ian Craig has been staying in this region he has never trusted his intentions saying that he has used deceptive tactics to encroach on ancestral lands specifically meant for livestock grazing in the name of community conservancies and time has come for him to vacate!
👉🏾 These are by no means trivial allegations coming from a leader of Governor Kuti's stature!
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ICBN believes Ian Craig must be a very distraught man right now following this unexpected
outburst from governor Kuti and here are the reasons-:
1. Governor Kuti is the highest authority in Isiolo county, a region in which Ian Craig has established extensive conservancy networks at the expense of the natives' grazing lands which has led to herds perishing due to lack of pasture and water when the Charri rangelands which has since been fenced off pending hotel and resorts development in the area.
Any person faced with such an adversary would have a lot to ponder over since the tables have definitely turned and the future of Ian Craig and his entities in the region is in a serious doubt since the locals now have the support of the main man in town! We think it is right about time Craig and his caravan start packing for all its worth. This is purely a case of *the hunter becoming the hunted* and behold, The end is nigh for Craig and his local surrogates!
2. One of the best kept secrets in Isiolo County is that, *If Kuti says that you should go, then YOU ARE MOST DEFINITELY ON YOUR WAY OUT ALREADY!* Just ask any of his political competitors who at one time or the other convinced themselves that they could go up against him and that is one of the hard facts that Ian Craig and his surrogates must be unequivocally told to deal with! We think there are just about a few options open for Craig to pursue but it shall be of no use since, even without Governor Kuti's exposé, *the locals have already made countless resolutions to have them removed.* As such, Governor Kuti's support is just an added advantage. Because of this, we wish to offer some unsolicited counsel to the agents of Craig that it is all down the drain now and that they should prepare to tough it out without Craig's humongous bonuses but for those in political positions who have been explicitly mentioned to be working with the mafia to sabotage the wishes of the people must be prepared to *'use the cash bonuses from Craig to buy the peoples loyalty in the worst case scenario* as some of their aides have averred on inquiry by ICBN.
3. There are some unconfirmed reports that the county government shall make arrangements to absorb the 30 individuals that Craig has employed as Rangers receiving a monthly stipend of kes 7000, an amount which is by any standards below the National Minimum wage which is definitely unacceptable,outrageous and absolutely reeks of corporate exploitation of the masses!
If the governor makes good his promise to employ the youth who will be rendered jobless by the exit of Craig, that should be the final knell in Craig and NRTs coffin as that is the only thing that seem to endear the mafia with the people since some believe Craig's exit may further drown a number of households in Charri that depend on NRT in untold miseries!
With that loophole sealed, Ian will lose his footing among the people whom he had previously ruled with an iron fist and molested at will and with incredible impunity for that matter.
4. Craig allies or what has come to be (in)famously known as 'Agents of Craig' cannot save him!
>>>ICBN has covered Ian Craig and his local surrogates especially among the elected leadership and elders who according to Governor Kuti's own words were deceptively influenced by Craig into allowing his destructive organization unto the mineral,pasture,salt and water rich Charri rangelands which has a unique salt hot water springs at 'Kuro Bisan Owwo', a place that Craig seeks to fence off from the public because of its immense import to both the livestock and wildlife. By fencing off the only region the pastoralists depend on for pasture for their livestock, he is explicitly telling the people of Charri that 'his wildlife' is far much important 'than their livestock'.
5. Finally, Ian Craig should remember that just about a fortnight ago, Governor Kuti went bare knuckles with KWS as he directly held them liable them for the kidnapping,torture and possible extra judicial killings of persons they suspect of poaching. He told the nation that six(6) of his constituents are missing and their key suspect was KWS functionaries who are taking the law into their own hands by supposedly kidnapping people they suspect of poaching and murder them without the benefit of a trial. He warned them what they are doing is contrary to the law and if persons are suspected of wrong doing,the prescribed constitutional requirement is that they get arrested and made to face the law and not to exterminate *them emphasizing that the organization is acting as if its the judge,jury and the executioner all rolled into one which should not be like that in a civilized society governed by the rule of law!*
Just a day later, as if by cue, four bodies found 'dumped' at Tsavo National Park whose operation lies under the jurisdiction of KWS were identified to be the missing persons from Isiolo county.
*(Two more are still missing in action and we hope they are safe wherever they are kept at the moment. We pray their families who are living in tortuous moments every second because of their dear ones who were so cruelly and brutally and torn asunder from them get the justice they deserve for their deceased and for the missing to be produced promptly by the perpetrators!)*
As such, Craig should not,by any chance, understate the immense power Governor Kuti wields in the government circles which the former has repeatedly exploited through bribes, intimidation and coercion can come to his rescue esp when he(Craig) is pitted against the statesmanship of Governor Kuti.
As a parting shot, we can only say that *Ian Craig's goose is finally cooked and what a pleasant surprise that is for the ICBN fraternity and the people of Charri who can now finally get a good night's sleep free from the devilish nightmares of Ian Craig and NRT!*
Until next time...
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