Red flag over deadly tribal clashes ahead of the 2017 general elections

Members of the Maasai community hold a demonstration along the Mai Mahiu-Narok road to protest the move to kick them from the vast Kedong ranch in Naivasha. They vowed to paralyze ongoing projects like SGR and the Industrial park on the land which they lay claim to. Photo by Antony Gitonga

Fresh tribal clashes have left authorities worried about the precarious state of the nation as elections approach. Only two days ago in Olumilil Township on the Kericho-Kisii border, members of the Gusii and Kalenjin communities clashed over the ownership of a parcel of land.

And in another clash, three members of the Marakwet community were killed at their farms along River Kerio by unknown assailants believed to have crossed over from East Pokot in Tiaty Constituency. Last week the Marakwet retaliated by killing two members of  the Pokot community.