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Schools shut, residents court danger as armed bandits reign supreme

Learners from schools in the Kerio Valley protest against insecurity in the region. [Eliud Kipsang, Standard]

Denis Kimutai, 10, writhes in pain as his father cautiously attempts to make him comfortable on his hospital bed at Kapsowar Mission Hospital in Elgeyo Marakwet County.

The Standard Four pupil at Genesis Academy in Endo has his left hand and lower abdomen heavily bandaged.

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