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Kenya: Terror in Rift Valley as bandits mock State, murder 50

Children seek refuge in local schools following insecurity in Baringo County, which has left hundreds of families displaced. [PHOTOs: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]

NAKURU: At least 50 people were murdered in East Pokot on Monday evening, just a few weeks after the Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinet issued a 48-hour ultimatum to cattle rustlers in the Rift Valley to hand in their guns.

Since that order was made, the killings have continued and Tuesday authorities declined to give a figure of those killed.

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