{"id":175,"date":"2026-10-19T07:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/?p=175"},"modified":"2026-10-19T07:29:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T07:29:09","slug":"land-tussle-mixes-president-ruto-and-mois-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/?p=175","title":{"rendered":"LAND TUSSLE MIXES PRESIDENT RUTO AND MOI&#8217;S FAMILY."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized wp-duotone-unset-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"677\" src=\"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Moi-ruto-class.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-176\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.0635204187611649;width:800px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Moi-ruto-class.jpeg 720w, https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Moi-ruto-class-300x282.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Government goes after Moi&#8217;s 5 acre family property in Eldoret<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Armed General Service Unit (GSU) officers reportedly stormed a five-acre property near Eldoret State Lodge, evicted security guards and threw out their belongings in a controversial incident highlighted by The Standard newspaper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The property belongs to the family of former Baringo Senator Gideon Moi, which reportedly has held the land for 30 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The family\u2019s lawyers have accused President William Ruto of ordering the eviction, raising questions about the protection of private property rights and the use of state security agencies in land disputes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The newspaper reports that the alleged takeover has sparked concern over why the property was targeted while other privately owned properties in the same neighbourhood remain untouched.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The allegations place the spotlight on the government\u2019s responsibility to uphold the rule of law and protect property rights, regardless of political affiliations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In recent days, the standard media group have been accused by pro-government politicians,  of  negatively profiling the government and failing to showxcase any good that the government does. Tarnishing  the government image on the public eye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Armed General Service Unit (GSU) officers reportedly stormed a five-acre property near Eldoret State Lodge,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-175","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=175"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":177,"href":"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/175\/revisions\/177"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=175"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=175"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theinsight.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=175"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}