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Plight of families displaced by insecurity in Samburu

Some of the 2,000 families who heed the government directive to move out of bandit-prone areas camping in makeshift tents at Loibarnkare Township. They lack shelter, medicine, tents and other basic facilities. [Michael Saitoti, Standard]

A humanitarian crisis looms in a camp hosting 2,000 families who fled banditry-prone areas in Samburu County.

The families left their homes almost three weeks ago when Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki launched the second phase of security operation in North Rift counties that are affected by banditry.

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