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Disarmament orders to pastoralist communities 'routinely ignored'

FROM LEFT: Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph ole Lenku, Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo and Tiaty MP Asman Kamama. [PHOTO: BONIFACE THUKU/STANDARD]

BARINGO COUNTY: The massacre of 21 police officers at Kapedo in Baringo County has sparked debate over disarmament decrees issued by top security agents that are not followed through.

A number of times there have been ultimatums issued for illegal holders of firearms in pastoralist areas with threats of forceful disarmament following their expiry, which have yielded nothing much.

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