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The police are pursuing a 41-year-old man who fled after he was found in possession of an AK-47 rifle.
According to identification documents, the suspect comes from Kerio Valley, Elgeyo Marakwet, an area that has faced perennial insecurity.
Jonathan Rono, the local administrator, claimed the man was reportedly heading to Kisumu but alighted to spend the night on Friday at Potopoto market centre, Tindiret.
"From the locals and boda boda operators who encountered him, the suspect is said to have alighted at Kobere centre and boarded another motorbike to Potopoto centre for an overnight stay," he said.