Mawinyi will oversee the security operation in the troubled Baringo, West Pokot, Samburu and Turkana counties as hundreds of residents flee in fear of retaliatory attacks. In Elgeyo-Marakwet, Tenderwa, Kamelei, Kamalogon and Kapkao on the border with West Pokot remained deserted following the Tuesday killing. In Githiga and Ol Moran wards in Laikipia West sub-county, tension was high following renewed cattle rustling and bandit attacks. They drove away my animals towards the Laikipia Nature Conservancy,” said Ms Wangari, a resident of Milimani in Githiga. Laikipia West MP Patrick Mariru and his Laikipia North counterpart Sara Korere faulted the National Police Service for disarming police reservists while leaving bandits and other gangs in the area to roam freely.

Source: Daily Nation May 24, 2019 21:56 UTC