Lifting the veil on cattle rustling

The seemingly endless fights between members of the Tugen and Pokot communities are back in the news. Blood is dripping along the border line between Baringo South (Tugen and Ilchamus live here) and Tiaty, which is the only Pokot-dominated constituency outside West Pokot County. Schools have closed. Mothers, children and the old have fled their homes.

Darkness portends death, for that is when the enemy strikes. One community has guns; the other has arrows and spears. A teacher has been shot dead while walking home with his pupils.