Baragoi suffers fresh attack

By Michael Saitoti

SAMBURU, KENYA: Over two hundred heavily armed bandits have attacked Masikita village in Baragoi making away with a thousand goats  and four hundred heads of cattle.

The bandits were armed with heavy general purpose machine guns, hand grenades, and weapons that are suspected to be of those police officers killed in Suguta valley in in November.

Tension is high in the region and Masikita residents have fled to Baragoi town seeking refuge following threats of a return attack from the bandits.

The victims have faulted the Government’s disarmament exercise, saying that it has left them defenseless in the face of the rampant attacks.

Locals complain that insecurity is rife in the region despite the deployment of Kenya Defence Forces.

More to follow.

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