At least 20 houses have been torched in Marakwet East as villagers avenged the death of a man suspected to have been killed. CultureKemboi said villagers burnt four houses belonging to the suspect’s relatives on Monday night and razed another 16 on Tuesday morning. Marakwet West police boss Apollo Onyonyi, speaking on behalf of his Marakwet East counterpart Lemmy Njiru, said officers have been deployed to stop the arson. The Kessom incident happened barely two days after residents of Kasui, another village in Marakwet East, torched houses belonging to a killer and his relatives. After news of the killing spread, some youths retaliated and torched the suspect’s house and other houses belonging to his relatives.

Source: The Star January 30, 2018 20:15 UTC