Families flee homes as banditry attacks escalate in Samburu

Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Abdi Hassan with members of the Samburu County Security team in Maralal town where he issued a 24-hour ultimatum to bandits to vacate from Malaso escarpment. [Michael Saitoti, Standard]

Many families have fled Morijo, Soit Pus, Angata Nanyoke, and Pura villages in Samburu County, following fresh attacks by bandits.

The past four days have seen the elderly, women and children troop to Maralal town for fear of further attacks.