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Kerio Valley residents have petitioned President Uhuru Kenyatta to come up with a permanent solution to growing insecurity.
Addressing the media in Eldoret yesterday, the residents warned that what began as cattle rustling was evolving into a full blown inter-ethnic conflict.
They said despite heavy police presence, the number of people killed or injured by armed bandits grew every day.
“We are making a passionate appeal to the President to take charge and ensure the issue of insecurity in Kerio is addressed. People are getting killed every day,” said the resident's spokesperson Nixon Boisho.
The residents said hundreds of people had fled their homes, while as many children no longer attended school.