p.CHP,t (~ -f,) 6~!jsiEfi Human and Peoples' Rights Human R,ghts ou, Collective Respons1b1lity presence of the Maasai in Kedong, an occupation that the state and its collaborators are determined to end. 9. In addition, the Complainants allege that there is an increase in the number of arbitrary arrests, harassment, imprisonment of community representatives, demolition of houses and destruction of property of the people of Kedong. Many human rights defenders have been arrested for trying to prevent workers from digging ditches around their ancestral lands, which has led to serious human rights violations. They claim that, with no other option available, the Maasai of Kitet (Kedong) have been forced to live in a populated area with much less fertile land around the periphery of their ancestral land. 10. The Complainants further state that, despite its best efforts, the Maasai Community has been unable, either through administrative or judicial proceedings brought in the Respondent State, to counter the concerted and coordinated effort by government and private actors such as Kedong Ranch Co. Limited and KENGEN to forcibly evict the community from their ancestral lands. They allege that Kedong Ranch Co. Limited, with the support of the Respondent State, is associated with various violations of the Maasai people's right to land and resources and is complicit in the arbitrary detentions and acts of harassment and torture of the Maasai in Kedong. 11. The Complainants allege that the current President of the Respondent State, in a concerted effort to further deprive the people of Kedong of their ancestral lands, granted 1000 acres of land to each of the leaders of Rwanda, Uganda and South Sudan for the construction of dry ports for their countries. 12. The Complainants further allege that representatives of Kedong Ranch Co. Limited have stated that the company will begin a new phase of evictions which, if carried out, will inevitably result in the displacement of the Maasai people from their ancestral lands without any consultation, notice or protection of the law. 13. Consequently, the Complainants allege that these actions by the Respondent State in association with other private companies, constitute a violation of their right to property, life, development and protection from arbitrary detention, harassment and torture, as enshrined in the African Charter. 14. The Complainants maintain that if the actions of Kedong Ranch Co. Limited and the Respondent State's plan to allocate land and establish heavy industri 0 Naivasha/Kedong economic zone after the fencing and digging of ditche~ ~i.tmt ;, iu ~