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Governor attributes insecurity to shortage of security personnel

Baringo, Kenya: Baringo Governor Benjamin Cheboi has blamed inadequate number of security personnel and competition for water and pasture among the pastoral communities for escalating insecurity.

The county has lately witnessed increased cases of insecurity, especially in Marigat where over 10 houses were torched by suspected herders from neighbouring communities displacing 326 residents in a suspected retaliatory attack.

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