p.CHPif r:r tJ6~LLEB Human and Peoples' Rights Human Rights our Collective Responsib1hty Decision of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights on Admissibility Communication 763/21 - William Sipai and 13 other representatives of the Keekonyokie clan of the Maasai people of Kitet (represented initially by Dr. Duncan Ojwang, later replaced by Jonhson & Partners Advocates LLP) ~- Republic of Kenya Summary of the Complaint 1. The Secretariat of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (the Secretariat) received a complaint on 12 July 2021 lodged by William Sipai, Tobiko Ole Muntet, Kilelu Ole Kaleke, Mark Tinkoi, Malayen Ole Sereya, Enini Ole Kerenke, Yiatum Ole Maisiudo, Kasana Ole Kisaika, Tima Ole Kuronoi, Salaton Ole Koilel, Nyamalo Ole Karei, Rishan Ole Maisiodo, Ntirankoi Ole Kapian, Nalengoyo Turume, representatives of the Keekonyokie Clan of the Maasai People of Kitet (represented by Dr. Duncan Ojwang) (the Complainants) against the Republic of Kenya (Respondent State).1 2. The Complainants are members of the Maasai Community of Kitet (Kedong), who live on a 75,769-acre plot of land in Kitet (Kedong), with land reference No. 8396 (L.R. 11977) situated in Kedong south of Naivasha, in Nakuru County, Kenya. They claim that the land referenced has been the historical territory and heritage of the Maasai Community, whose livelihoods depend on the cultivation of their land, including the propagation and sustenance of their vast livestock. 3. The Complainants allege that at the time of Kenya's independence, 75,000 acres of land belonging to the Maasai Community were assigned by the colonial authorities to Kedong Ranch Co. Limited under a 999-year perpetual lease. The Complainants argue that former Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta had given assu constitutional conference held in Lancaster House that the "tribal I Keny• ratified lhe Africau O,arter on Human dnd Peoples' Righls on 23 January 1992. ci ... "' ., . :Ylj ,l· :I . "v4.-RtCP.1~ . ( 1-f. ~~ .• -.. . 041ME ET O\;.$ . · • ~