Put an end to Kericho, Kisumu border clashes

Moulyne Achieng mourns his 58 year old father outside Nyabondo funeral home after being killed in fresh ethnic clashes along Kisumu- Kericho border. [Collins Oduor, Standard]

Violence has yet again broken out in Sondu, a town that straddles the border between Kisumu and Kericho counties. In the latest flare-up, seven people are reported to have been killed while several others sustained serious injuries from arrow attacks.

Violence in this area was first reported in July during which six people lost their lives before the police intervened. Weeks later in August, another attack resulted in the deaths of two people while property of unknown value was destroyed in the violence that has often been attributed to cattle theft and a boundary dispute between the Kalenjin community in Sigowet-Soin sub county and the Luo community in Nyakach sub county in Sondu.