1,000 residents flee homes in Kitui over insecurity

Kitui East MP Nimrod Mbai with internally displaced persons who have fled their homes and sought refuge at Yimumba Police Station in his constituency. [Paul Mutua/Standard]

Close to 1,000 people living along the Kitui-Tana River border have fled their homes after weekend attacks by herders that left two people dead and two others seriously injured.

Some of the residents, who fled Ingo, Inyali, Kakya, Ikandani, Musenge, Kalamba, Kyeni, Mwaangi and Kivuiyo villages, have sought refuge at Mutha and Yimumba police stations in Kitui South and Kitui East respectively.