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Leaders wants comprehensive policy to avert landslides in Kerio valley

The farming activities exposes rocks which results into landslides during rainy seasons. [Fred Kibor/Standard]

The Government has been urged to resettle the over 10,000 people living on Elgeyo Escarpment that is prone to landslides.

Speaking after touring the area on Tuesday, three local leaders argued it would be better for State to give the people land elsewhere and take over their current properties to avert calamities.

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