Concerns over abducted and killed pupils caught up in cattle raids

Pupils of Lopelekwa primary school, Pokot South, West Pokot County during a lesson. [Irissheel Shanzu, Standard]

Teachers along banditry prone border of West Pokot and Turkana counties have raised concern over the threat of losing school-going children to attacks.

They say there have been cases where pupils are abducted while grazing their parent’s livestock.