Government continues to ignore Baringo attacks as locals say they've had enough

Traversing parts of Baringo North and Baringo South, one is confronted with the harsh reality of banditry. The level of destruction and displacement is frightening. The hostility between the Pokot and Tugen communities is palpable, the consequences tragic.

Cattle raiding, long considered a culture of pastoralist communities has taken an evil twist leaving hopelessness in its wake. For the residents of Arabal and Mukutani in Baringo South; Chemoe, Kagir, Yatia, Ng’aratuko, Sachang’wan and Chepkewel in Baringo North, life ceased when they were forced out of their habitations. Two schools in the region - Chepkewel and Yatia primary schools - have been converted into places for refuge for the displaced.