Residents in troubled Kerio call for State action as three killed

Mourners during the burial of primary school teacher Simon Cheserek in Kabetwa, Kerio Valley on May 21, 2022. [Stephen Rutto, Standard]

It is one of the country’s leading mango-producing regions, but Kerio Valley still remains the most disturbed by unending fatal shootings.

Fears of attempts by armed groups to forcefully evict locals, and the discovery of a mortar-propelled explosive device in a village have added a new twist to the rising insecurity.