Two herders on Monday afternoon were shot dead in a gunbattle and one police reservist seriously injured in the Kerio Valley. From March 2016 to August 2017, 90 people were killed in Kerio Valley, mostly by bandits. The Monday violence occurred three days after bandits attacked herders in the Marakwet highlands, injuring four people in Kamelei and Kipsitona villages and displacing residents. In the Monday clash, bandits suspected to be from Tiaty, Baringo county, invaded Chesoo grazing field in Murkutwo, killing two herders from Kasegei village. Area chief Abraham Yano said more than 40 armed bandits ambushed the herders on Monday afternoon.

Source: The Star February 06, 2018 20:26 UTC