Governor Alex Tolgos of Elgeyo Marakwet was left in shock after a drunk forest guard cocked his gun and threatened to shoot him. The guard was quickly wrestled to the ground and disarmed as he was aiming the gun at Tolgos and his entourage who were touring projects in Chebororwa ward. The guard dressed in civilian clothes attempted to stop the governor from entering Takwei primary school arguing that it was located in a forest. The school is located near the forest station where the forest guard is attached. He cocked aiming at the governor before his forest guard colleagues wrestled and disarmed him.

Source: The Star December 18, 2018 14:15 UTC