Families’ agony living in bush as armed herders reign terror

Some of the makeshift houses at Kinanie area in Kitui East subcounty, Kitui county where about 30 families have been camping in the bush for over one month following attacks by suspected Somali herders. [Philip Muasya, Standard]

For the last one month, Kavata Matie from Wimwaa village in Kitui East Sub-county has been spending nights in a makeshift structure, 12 kilometres away from her home after it was raided by camel herdsmen.

Matie said the herders, suspected to be Somali, struck her home at midnight and pulled down three houses and a granary before taking away everything, including food and money.