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Samburu killing fields as 72 people dead in four months

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Samburu residents protest against banditry. They are living at the mercy of bandits. [Michael Saitoti, Standard]

Banditry and cattle rustling in the North Rift counties are not a new phenomenon.

The attacks staged by suspected bandits from neighbouring communities have left a trail of destruction, deaths, thousands of livestock stolen and displaced hundreds of families.

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