Death toll rises to six in Nyanza-Rift Valley border chaos as leaders call for calm

Armed residents of Kibigori area in Kisumu- Nandi border following a confrontation between two communities on 9 January 2016. Three people died while eight others were taken to hospital on suspicion of cattle rustling. [Photo:COLLINS ODUOR/Standard]

General Service Unit (GSU) and Anti-Stock Stock theft Unit officers have been deployed to the Nyanza-Rift Valley border, as death toll from Friday border clashes rose to six.

The decision came as leaders from the two sides blamed each other for the perennial skirmishes.