Leaders want security beefed up in Marsabit

Isiolo women representative Rehema Jaldesa (centre) during a press conference by the MPs and Senators from pastoralists communities regarding the insecurity in Marsabit and Isiolo at the Parliament buildings, Nairobi. [Elvis Ogina, Standard]

Lawmakers from northern Kenya have demanded state intervention to end ongoing skirmishes in Marsabit County that have so far claimed several lives.

The leaders condemned clan conflict in the region and linked it to political differences among local politicians.