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resources? And how much should one get? These are

key questions in practical politics, the Mau resources

are contested for by the elite as well as the masses, to

understand the Mau imbriglio, we need to understand

the elite and the masses’ conjecture with the Mau forest.

The Elite

Many elite own large pieces of land in the Mau

forest complex, most of these elite are busy annihilating

the Mau trees for individual gain. For paper riches, the

elite, especially the ones in power , are willing to bend

the law and escape its enormous jaws in their bid to

acquire most of what can be acquired. Therefore the

elite wish to safeguard their source of bread. The elite

deploy propaganda upon the environment cabinet

secretary to deter him from unflinching Mau

evacuations. The elites incite identity politics by

awakening a feeling of state prosecution on a certain

community.

The Masses

The colonial legacy of the Kenyan republic, led to the

ploriferation of squaters , some of whom have settled in

the Mau forest, most of these know the Mau as the only

home and consequently have become deeply attached to

the Mau. The landless and poor masses have enroached