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Military, police offensive kicks off in North Rift

KDF soldier parades a machine gun during a past military exercise. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]

President William Ruto has ordered a joint Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and National Police Service (NPS) security operation in the cattle rustling-prone counties of the Rift Valley.

The President also issued a three-day amnesty to illegal firearm holders to surrender them or face the full force of the law.

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