MPs have suspended farming activities on disputed 1,500 acres belonging to Moi University.
The same land is being claimed by Ngeria group of squatters.
National Assembly Lands Committee toured the land to assess the situation following a petition filed by the squatters.
The committee, chaired by North Mugirango MP Joash Nyamache, ordered all farming activities stopped until it completes its investigations.
In the petition, the squatters complained of unlawful eviction and grabbing of the land by powerful individuals.
“The information we got is that some leaders from this area are involved in the ploughing of the land. We will summon all those linked to this matter to get to the bottom of it,” Nyamache said.
Earlier, Vice Chancellor Professor Isaac Kosgey found himself in tight corner, after he was grilled by the MPs over illegal leasing of the land.
The squatters, who were reportedly evicted in the 1980s, said a private company is at the centre of the grabbing.
Led by David Kemboi, James Chirchir and James Sitienei they said the disputed land is their ancestral land.
The university however says it owns the land and has a title for it.
VC Kosgey appeared before the committee with legal officer Petronila Chepkwony
The MPs demanded to know how the land was leased out and the owner of the company that leased it.
Kosgey said the leasing was a presidential directive that he had to comply with.
"The same presidential directive was given to Egerton University and we had to follow it but within the confines of the law," he said.
At some point, he had to ask for a break, saying the matter is "too hot for him".
The land was leased out to the company for five years and the firm was to pay the university Sh24 million annually.
Kosgey termed the squatters as strangers not known to the university.
“We have a title for his land and we have never had a dispute over it. It was donated by the East Africa Tanning Extract Company with the assistance of former President Daniel Arap Moi. We have had no issue with any squatters on this land,” he said.
The MPs also wanted to know if the university followed due process in acquiring the title deed.
