I think we are looking at all this all WRONG. And please do correct me if I am wrong since i am no lawyer, but I thought that all land belongs to the Government of Kenya. And we are issued with title deeds as leases of up to 99 years. And in the name of national unity, all citizens are allowed to own land anywhere within the boundaries of Kenya. Where did the emergence of "This is my ancestral land" come from? No one man(or community) should have all that power. Regards.
On 28/12/2010, maina <mamwake@yahoo.com> wrote:
Correction:
Ethiopia and Liberia are the only African countries that were never colonized
--- On Tue, 12/28/10, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
From: aki <aki275@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] OT : Historical Kenya and its land.... To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Date: Tuesday, December 28, 2010, 1:10 PM
Right now I'm getting kind of disappointed with my research. I can find the map of the Great Ethiopian Empire extending all the way to towards South Africa who by the way were the true fighters of colonialism because Ethiopia was the only country that technically never colonised. I am unable to find any Maasai Community Empire so far except that they emigrated from the Nile. Did they find open lands and call this their ancestry lands? How can they�say the Great Rift Valley theirs? Were they the original inhabitants of the land or was some one else here who has claim to historical lands?�Even going the basis of this map of 1808, they dont quite�exist in any form worth of being put on a map. I can read the words "man eaters" on the map which probably explains the lions but nothing else. My question : Who own Kenya,�What�makes Kenya a Republic and Whether the constituion means anything?��seems is going to lead me on an telling and interesting journey. :-)
Over and Out for now.
Rgds.
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:55 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
A map of 1808, where is KE? Now who owns what?
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/be/Africa_1808.jpg
On Tue, Dec 28, 2010 at 11:48 AM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
Its going to be a slow week, so have some time for research. :-)
Lets us be fair to history too when referring to historical and ancestry land topics. So how much Land did KE "steal " from its neighbours like Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Tanzania�upon the 1963 indepence of the country and recognition of its international borders?
Seems the problem creators were the 1884 berlin conference and the division of Africa while this map of 1895 shows a very strange, funny looking KE. Seems Uganda extended all the way upto kikuyu area. http://www.britishempire.co.uk/images3/africalargemap.jpg
Am researching maps, if you find any links to old maps, pls share.
Rgds.
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