Chiefs warned on protecting bandits as security tightened

A journalist and a herder scamper for safety after hearing gunshots during an operation at Laikipia Nature Conservancy on March 28, 2017. [Joseph Kipsang, Standard]

Police have intensified security in conservancies and ranches at the border of Samburu and Laikipia counties to stop herders from grazing their stock in private farms.

The herders, believed to be from neighbouring Marsabit County, drove hundreds of livestock to Samburu in search of pasture and water.