Retired IGP Kimaiyo warns bandits in Kenya’s North Rift region to heed state amnesty offer, surrender illegal guns
The restoration of peace, he noted, has seen families return to their homes and farms where they are currently engaging in farming activities with some cultivating crops along the Kerio River, which had been abandoned for years after bandits declared a no go zone.
Herders in Meru and Isiolo in central Kenya accuse police of complicity in cattle rustling
Buuri East Sub-County DCIO officers urged residents to remain calm, assuring them that forensic investigations had begun. They said the recovered identity card and mobile phone would be analysed to help identify suspects and aid in bringing them to justice.
State promises to root out cattle rustling in Lake Victoria Basin counties as ethnic tensions rise
The principal secretary said the government was holding elaborate consultations with local leaders and security agencies to dismantle emerging criminal gangs and restore security in the affected areas.
Arid and semi-arid region in north-western Kenya experiences torrential rains after 65 years
Dickson Rotich, a Sengwer elder who is also the community’s spokesman, recalled that such a phenomenon is only comparable to 1961 when rains were so heavy that they resulted in bumper harvests.
