Calm as leaders seek to end conflict along Nandi-Kisumu border

National Integration and Cohesion Commission chairman Francis ole Kaparo addresses residents of Kibigori in Kisumu County where border clashes erupted last week leaving six people dead and scores injured. [PHOTO: COLLINS ODUOR/STANDARD]

An uneasy calm has returned at the Nandi-Kisumu counties border that has experienced volatile clashes between two communities. Officers from the General Service Unit, regular police and anti-stock theft unit have also been deployed at the border. But even then, residents say there is still tension and a lasting solution is needed to end the inter-community clashes.

Since the violence started a few weeks ago, many families have been displaced, property including 45 hectares of sugarcane destroyed, schools closed, leaving about 7,000 pupils out of classes.