President Uhuru expected in Kapedo following massacre of policemen, civilians

NAIROBI, KENYA: President Uhuru is expected in Kapedo area , Turkana County  this morning following insecurity that has so far claimed lives of over 20 policemen and several civilians.

Bandits on Friday laid ambush and massacred 21 APs in Kapedo.

The incident happened at an area hit by the on-going wave of insecurity at the Kapedo border point between Baringo County and Turkana.

Government sources said the officers and the three employees of Toyota Kenya were heading to Kapedo when the bandits ambushed them at Kasarani area along Kapedo-Lokori road in Turkana East Constituency.

Local leaders from the scene counted 22 paramilitary GSU officers who perished but police in Nairobi said only eight officers and 22 police reservists were killed in an ambush at Kapedo.

Police confirmed that 17 GSU officers were missing after the attack by bandits in the volatile region, adding that the GSU officers were in a lorry headed to a scene where their three colleagues were killed last Saturday when they were ambushed by the gunmen.