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Inside Meru's deadly cattle rustling surge, families left broke, injured and displaced

Multi-agency team recovers over 72 heads of cattle in Meru. [Courtesy, NPS]

For decades, residents of parts of Meru have been under persistent raids mounted by cattle rustlers and bandits from neighbouring counties.

However, the raids, which sometimes turn tragic, have escalated in the last three years, occasioning untold suffering to affected locals who, apart from emotional and physical scars, are left without their cattle, sheep, goats and even donkeys, animals that are their source of income.

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