Kenya: Yes, go after the bandits, but after proper planning

While the Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinett was on a tour of duty in Baringo County last week to assess the security situation, a secondary school student was killed by bandits only a few metres away from the venue where the security meeting was being held. It is not clear whether the aggressors were expressing their disdain for our security forces with the unfortunate act.

Mr Boinett’s visit, we believe was informed by the deteriorating security situation over the last two years in the area. As recently as Wednesday, armed bandits attacked Ngorishei village in the county, killed two people and injured six others who included a policeman. The bandits are said to have made away with over 500 head of cattle towards the notorious Suguta Valley hideout.