Photo of security officers patrolling some part of Rift Valley in the past. Other witnesses say armed bandits attacked GSU officers on a routine patrol, prompting a gunfight that lasted more than 7 hours, paralysing all activity in the area. "In the fight against banditry and livestock theft, the multi-agency security officers will target individual criminals," Kindiki said. Taking to his X account, the Interior CS maintained that the government would not profile or criminalise any community. The Interior CS further said that the areas in the North Rift rift counties that were gazetted as disturbed and dangerous remain so as Operation Maliza Uhalifu, currently underway, continues.

Source: Daily Nation October 24, 2023 15:44 UTC