| Updated Fri, March 10th 2017 at 19:04 GMT +3A section of residents of Kathungu village in Kitui County armed with bows and arrowsSeven people died as clashes between warring communities in Garba-Tula township, Isiolo County raged yesterday. Local Borana and migrant Somali herders from Lagdera, in Garissa County invaded Duse in Garba-Tula, Isiolo County sparking a fierce gun battle. The county security committee dispatched more police officers and an armoured car from Isiolo town, a distance of about 150km to the crisis centre yesterday morning. Garba-Tula Deputy County Commissioner Kipchumba Rutto yesterday said four bodies had been recovered — that of a woman and three attackers. Isiolo County Speaker Mohammed Tubi and Garba-Tula Member of County Assembly Abdi Sora called on the authorities to evict all migrant herders from North Eastern to end the conflict.

Source: Standard Digital March 10, 2017 15:45 UTC