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Three killed, scores injured in Kerio Valley land dispute

Residents of Chesongoch and Chesetan stand guard against cattle rustlers along the Kerio Valley in Elgeyo Marakwet County. The violence pitting the Pokot against the Marakwet communities has claimed scores of lives and displacing thousands. 20-10-2016. [File,Standard]

Three men were on Thursday shot dead in a fierce battle over a disputed land in the Kerio Valley, a region also ravaged by banditry.

Kasui and Kiptakitwa clans that have been disputing over the piece of land in Mogil, Elgeyo Marakwet County for years faced off in a morning gun battle, resulting in the deaths.

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