Six people arrested in Tambala after violent land clashes

Affected families involved in disputed 100-acre piece of ancestral land in Tambalal area West Pokot county have staged protests, carrying placards and singing, urging both county and national governments to intervene in the land dispute. [Irissheel Shanzu/Standard]

Six people have been arrested in Tambalal village, Kamatira area, Kipkomo Sub County, West Pokot following violent clashes over a disputed piece of land.

The dispute which spans over 50 years involves a contested 100-acre piece of land which one of the warring groups claims to an of ancestral land.