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Residents of Samburu East protest acquisition of their land for British army training on Saturday. [PHOTO: BRUNO MUTUNGA/STANDARD]
Samburu pastoralists have vowed to block entry of British army contingents set to arrive at Laresoro military training centre at Archers Post in a fortnight if they are not going to be compensated for land usage.
The herders, who staged a protest march at the centre on Saturday, are angry that the Jubilee administration entered into a deal with the United Kingdom early this month that allowed for usage of their land for military training of the British army without involving them.
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