The Narok land row has taken a new twist as more controversies emerge in the ownership and succession.

Two family factions are pulling from extreme ends as one faction now claims to be the rightful owners and has agreed to sell the land to the State, dismissing the faction led by Mr. Moses Cheluget.

In a press briefing on Saturday in Nairobi, the new faction led by former Principal Secretary Nancy Kirui revealed that they have reached a consensus with the government to relinquish the 5800-acre property in Narok South to the State to settle squatters.

“Just as the President Stated, we are in engagement with the government on this matter and we’ve already made an offer to sell the land to the government to settle the squatters,” she said.

The former provincial commissioner Isaiah Cheluget’s property has been at the center of a debate in an ownership tussle pitting the government and the family.

They further claimed that their father, the late Cheulget, had “on several occasions, reached out to the government looking for a peaceful and amicable resolution,” before his death.

The land row has sparked debate in the recent past, with President William Ruto’s remarks saying he had had a conversation with the late, who passed on in 2017, and agreed to have the State but it, drawing more questions and controversies.

During a tour to Narok early this week, Ruto said “we called Cheluget, we sat down with him, and we agreed that the government will buy this land.”

Ruto’s sentiments have since irked Moses, who has vowed to sue him.

“I think he is lying. No one in this family is in talks to sell land which doesn’t even have a signatory and is under succession,” Kipkirui noted, accusing Ruto of misleading residents.

“I will move to court within seven days to halt any payments until we, as a family, determine who’s authorized to speak for us. Who is the president talking to while succession is ongoing? Naona rais alidanganya (I can see the president lied),” Kipkirui added.

On the question of succession, Ambassador Kirui disclosed that the matter had been “conclusively settled at the high court in Kericho and a confirmation of grant issued on June 12, 2018.”

They declared Mr. Moses persona non grata, insisting, “We don’t know him. He’s a stranger.”

“We therefore wish to ask the members of the public to ignore any other person’s purporting to speak on behalf of the family,” she stated.