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Cattle rustling plunges locals into utter despair

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Samburu Governor Moses Lenolkulal addressing a security meeting in Marti, Samburu north constituency following the killing of four people during two separate cattle rustling incidents in the area. [Michael Saitoti, Standard]

Former Meru MCA George Kaliunga was a hands-on person. The two-term MCA for Antubetwe-Kiongo Ward who had also been a councillor before the advent of devolution, was a popular man in his Igembe home turf and, indeed, the rest of Meru.

When cattle rustlers raided Malaene on the night of April 29 and drove the livestock away, Kaliunga (pictured) was among the locals and police officers who pursued the rustlers in a bid to recover the animals.

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