At the March 6, 2026, burial of Emurua Dikirr MP Johana Ng’eno, President William Ruto ordered construction of a 190km Rift Valley road to begin within two weeks, renamed a Nairobi housing estate after him, directed compensation for Mau Forest squatters, and allocated funds for local land and university projects.
President William Ruto honored the late Emurua Dikirr MP Johana Ng’eno during his burial on March 6, 2026, in Narok County, by issuing directives for infrastructure and land resolutions. Following prior announcements of the funeral schedule—including a requiem mass on March 4 and vigil on March 5—Ruto authorized tendering for a 190-kilometre road from Mogondo to Mogor and Soit (including Chebole to Emurua Dikirr), upgrading it to Class B standards. Transport CS Davis Chirchir attended, with Deputy President Kithure Kindiki set to launch works in two weeks. Funded by the World Bank, the project links to the Rironi-Mau Summit Expressway, with three contractors to accelerate completion, possibly before 2027 elections.
Ruto also ordered renaming Nairobi's Shauri Moyo Housing Estate to Johana Ng’eno Boma Yangu Estate, tasking Lands CS Alice Wahome, in recognition of Ng’eno’s affordable housing role. He directed compensation and resettlement for 12,000 Mau Forest families and purchase of 1,500 acres in Angata Barrikoi to resolve a 50-year Kipsigis-Masai dispute per the 2025 Consent Agreement (4,500 acres Maasai, 1,500 Kipsigis, 500 government). Similar action was pledged for the Cheluget Farm dispute.
Further, Ruto allocated Ksh20 million for land acquisition and Ksh750 million for a university in Emurua Dikirr as a Maasai Mara University constituent college. The event drew Deputy President Kindiki, National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetang’ula, Narok Governor Patrick Ole Ntutu, and others, but not former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua, who criticized attendees as Ng’eno’s 'tormentors' and praised him as a fearless ally against marginalization.
