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Ethnicity a threat in Turbi 9/0409

Ethnic rivalries and competition for land, water and the pasture have been at the heart of conflict in the upper eastern region of Kenya. While a massacre of the magnitude of the 2005 Turbi massacre has not been repeated since, peace in the region is shaky. Ethnic tensions are rife and if not addressed, the region may just be sitting on a ticking time bomb. Newton Ndebu with the third and final part of our series, Death Traps of the Upper Eastern.

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