Kenya, Sudan agree on joint pasture plan

By Lucas Ng’asike

Turkana County

Kenya and Sudan have agreed to set up a common grazing ground along the border to defuse tension among communities.

Authorities from the two countries met at the controversial Nadapal border point and agreed to unite the Turkana and Toposa residents.

The decades-long conflict between the two communities over resources has resulted in loss of human lives and livestock to rustlers.

Last week, the Toposa militia attacked Kenyan security forces at Nadapal border and engaged them in a fire exchange leaving scores nursing injuries.

Turkana West Senior District Officer (DO1) Erick Wanyonyi confirmed they met the top Sudanese security officials at the weekend.

Peace meetings

He said they agreed to hold a cross-border peace meeting between the communities.

The meeting to be held from March 29 to March 31 will bring on board elders of the communities, senior security officials of the Government of Southern Sudan, Kenyan authorities and cross-border peace networks.

Wanyonyi said the meeting at Nadapal border point would discuss modalities of how the Turkana and the Toposa tribesmen will share water and pasture on the border.

The DO said the peace meeting would also discuss the alleged involvement of SPLA forces in conflicts at the Nadapal border area.