Around 50 Dorper sheep out of the nearly 1,500 stolen from former President Uhuru Kenyatta’s family-owned Northlands farm have been returned to the property.
The animals were brought back at different times by individuals who told staff they did not want to be cursed. The sheep were taken by attackers carrying machetes and other crude weapons during a protest by the Azimio la Umoja One Kenya coalition on March 27, 2023.
The first batch of 18 sheep was found in Dandora by police following a tip-off from a caller, while the second batch of 30 was left in a truck with a concealed license plate at the gate of the Kenyatta family property.
Police are still investigating the attacks, which happened concurrently with a raid on opposition leader Raila Odinga’s gas company.
Some politicians in the city reportedly planned both raids, and the Independent Policing Oversight Authority is investigating the failure of the police to provide security to private property.
