Residents warned to surrender guns or be disarmed by force

Security personnel at the scene of a bandit attack at Kapkondot in Marakwet West. The Government is preparing for a massive disarmament operation in Kerio Valley. [File, Standard]

The Government is preparing for a massive security operation to mop up illegal guns in Kerio Valley where more than 30 people have been killed in the past three months.

The operation comes barely two months after more than 3,000 firearms in the hands of national police reservists in the region were withdrawn.