The Maasai community has threatened to go to court to stop the construction of the dry port in Naivasha until they are fully compensated.
The move comes less than two weeks after President Uhuru Kenyatta launched the construction of the depot to which the government allocated Sh6.9 billion.
The area is part of the vast Kedong Ranch along Mai Mahiu-Narok highway where the dry port and special economic zones are set for construction.
Addressing the press after a demonstration in Suswa on Monday, the group said they were not ready to move from the land as there were compensation issues yet to be settled.
Their leader Simon Koilel said the 4,000 acres given to them to relocate to were not enough because more than 10,000 families would be affected.
Koilel said those who claimed to have bargained on behalf of the community to get the land had no blessings from them, terming them as fraudsters.
He said though they welcomed the decision for the construction of massive government projects, they were not ready to move until they were duly compensated.
“The land they claim to have offered us is not enough given the population that lives on this land and we are demanding more negotiations before we move out,” he said.
Community leader Patrick Ole Kariasu backed Koilel's remarks saying the government ought to have spoken to them over the resettlement before planning to have them move out.
Kariasu said they received a message from Rift Valley Regional Coordinator George Natembeya informing them to move "but they are not ready".
“We will henceforth move to court to block this move by the government until we are given our dues in line with the law,” he said.
He said they had lived on the land for ages and wondered why they were being rushed to relocate.
Resident Esther Parisire accused four individuals from the area of misleading them by claiming to have received land on their behalf.
“What can 4,000 acres do for this population? They should stop pretending that they care and give us our rights,” she said.
Edited by R.Wamochie
