IPOA probes military shootings as local leaders make demands

A team of investigators from Independent Police Oversight Authority (IPOA) in a disputed Kiplombe 9 Farms near the Recruits Training College (RTS) in Chebarus, Uasin Gishu County on December 29, 2021. The land is disputed between the military and civilian landowners. [Christopher Kipsang, Standard]

Investigations into the fatal shooting of two people in a land dispute between the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and residents of Kiplombe in Uasin Gishu County have started.

Two people were shot dead and three others injured on Christmas Day in a confrontation over the land adjacent to Kenya Ordnance Factories Corporation (KOFC).