Kilifi locals burn grass to chase away herders

Ganze Deputy County Commissioner Richard Karani (centre), Ganze MP Teddy Mwambire (left) and Ganze OCPD Patrick Ngeiywa during a public Baraza at Rima Ra Pera Primary. [Maureen Ongala/Standard]

Residents of Bamba are setting grazing fields ablaze to ward off pastoralists from Garissa and Tana River counties.

Those who spoke at a public baraza said they took the decision after the Government failed to evict the herders, who they accused of causing insecurity in the region.