End lawlessness along Kericho-Kisumu border

A man clutches at a spear as he mourns the death of one of their own at Thessalia settlement in Muhoroni, Kisumu County following ethnic clashes on Kisumu-Kericho boarder. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

A flare-up of ethnic tension along the Kisumu-Kericho border resulted in the deaths of two people last Saturday. A house in Nyakach, Kisumu, was burned and property destroyed after youths from Kericho County, wielding poisoned arrows and machetes, attacked the village.

Many people have fled their homes in search of safety and are camping at Ndori Primary School. In July this year, a similar incident was reported in Sondu, Kisumu County, in which six lives were lost before the police intervened and created a buffer zone between the warring youths.