Peace returns in Narok after days of clashes

Some of the displaced families at Olepusimoru in Narok queue for aid from the Kenya Red Cross yesterday at Olengurone Township Primary School, where more than 700 people are camping following the skirmishes between the Kipsigis and Maasai communities. [Photo: Boniface Thuku/Standard]

Calm has returned to Olpusimoru in Narok County, a day after Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery issued a warning that peace should immediately be restored.

By Monday, the area appeared quiet and members of the Maasai community in Olpusimoru centre regretted the incident.  Nkaissery, who was accompanied by among others his Energy counterpart Charles Keter and Inspector General Joseph Boinnet on Sunday warned the two communities to stop fighting and immediately make peace between themselves.