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A meeting arranged last Friday between the warring Turkana and Pokot communities over stolen goats turned tragic when attackers raided the venue, killing three people. The attackers then raided three other villages, killing a total of 14 people. Cattle rustling between the two communities remains a headache.
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s visit to Kapedo, Turkana in November 2014 to assess the extent of atrocities after cattle rustlers killed 21 police officers should have heralded a new dawn in the way security matters in the area are handled. In 2012, another 42 police officers lost their lives to cattle rustlers in Suguta Valley.
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