Protests greet CS Matiang’i weekend visit to Meru, Isiolo countiesInterior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi (left) with Meru Governor Kiraitu Murungi during his visit to Meru County. SEE ALSO :Matiang’i gets hero’s welcome“His visit was unannounced and suspect and….. (and issued) antagonistic directives for the immediate arrest of some unnamed individuals and Isiolo leaders,” the leaders claimed. The Borana leaders claimed the CS was showing open bias towards Meru in the conflict over the Meru-Isiolo border and pastureland. They also accused him of favouring the Garreh (Somali) community in a separate conflict over pastureland and land ownership within Isiolo County. Borana community leaders claimed they would push on with eviction of the Garreh community which is a subtribe of the Somali from their rangelands to stem environmental degradation and competition for pasture that threatened area security.

Source: Standard Digital March 24, 2019 12:00 UTC