Leaders want ministry of North Rift formed to handle insecurity

Leaders from cattle rustling prone areas in the North Rift led by their chairman governor Benjamin Cheboi of Baringo County (centre) address the press in Eldoret yesterday, where the called on the government to urgently establish a substantive ministry to address the on going cattle rustling and border conflicts that has claimed lives of innocent Kenyans. 10.05.2015. [PHOTO/Peter Ochieng/STANDARD]

Leaders from the cattle rustling and banditry-prone areas in the North Rift now want the Government to urgently establish a substantive ministry that will exclusively address the challenges affecting the region.

Leaders from Turkana and Baringo counties who convened a crisis peace meeting yesterday in Eldoret said a functional ministry should be instituted.