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Bandits launch deadly attack in Kerio Valley after Deputy President William Ruto’s visit

Residents of Chesongoch and Chesetan stand guard against cattle rustlers along the Kerio Valley in Elgeyo Marakwet County. The violence pitting Pokot against Marakwet communities has claimed scores of lives and displacing thousands.[PHOTO: KEVIN TUNOI/Standard]

 

Barely a day after Deputy President William Ruto visited the troubled Kerio valley in Elgeyo Marakwet, suspected armed Pokot raiders on Friday launched another attack.

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