A day after an explosive device was thrown into a children’s home in Burat, Isiolo County, killing a child and injuring others, an estimated 200 cattle rustlers struck at Nadome village Baringo County. The rustlers made away with 700 head of cattle and abducted a 12-year-old girl.
There are many things we celebrate in Kenya, but the security of residents, particularly in cattle-rustling-prone areas, is not one of them. The tale of cattle rustling and its destructiveness are the same year in year out, yet no lasting solution seems to be forthcoming.