Boundary disputes are the fuel stoking fires of banditry in north

A national Police Reservist planting maize while carrying his gun on the back at Kasiela in Baringo south on May 4,2022. [Kipsang Joseph,Standard]

Massive security operations mounted in the North Rift region by the army and other security forces to stop banditry and cattle rustling have remained largely ineffective over the years.

The cause of the unending conflict was initially linked to the fight for pasture and water by herdsmen crossing into neighbouring communities which has in recent years snowballed into banditry and violent theft.