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Kisumu-Kericho sign peace pact to end border disputes

A man clutches at a spear as he mourns the death of one of their own at Thessalia settlement in Muhoroni, Kisumu County following ethnic clashes on the Kisumu-Kericho border. [Denish Ochieng, Standard]

Kisumu and Kericho governors signed a peace pact on Friday to end the perennial border dispute between the two counties at Sondu.

In a deal brokered by a multi-agency team of officials drawn from the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC), Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), and National Government Administration Officers (Ngao), the two leaders met in Kendu Bay, Homa Bay County and ratified the deal.

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