The incident happened a few hours after President Uhuru Kenyatta issued a shoot to kill order to those in possession of illegal firearms. Tension has escalated in Lokori as gunshots in retaliation were being heard in the afternoon between suspected bandits and police officers who responded. According to a resident of Lokori in Turkana Celina Abenyo, the attackers took advantage of the calm following the commissioning of oil trucks to stage the raid. The attackers took the advantage knowing very well Lokori residents had left to attend the flagging off Oil trucking in Nakukulas village in Ngamia 8 oil site," she said. She said the attackers took advantage of the situation to attack and made away with several goats without facing any repulsion.

Source: Standard Digital June 04, 2018 15:56 UTC