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The State uses sport in efforts to achieve peace in the North Rift

Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki during the commissioning of the first batch of equipment to support Operation Maliza Uhalifu accompanied by PS Dr. Raymond Omollo and IG Japheth Koome among other to ranks within NPS. [File, Standard]

The government has opted to use sports to tackle banditry in the North Rift that has for years left a trail of deaths, injuries, and stolen livestock.

The Commander of Operation Maliza Uhalifu, Brigadier Alex Kiraguri, said that sports bring together tribes to foster unity and cement peaceful coexistence among them.

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