Turkana East Member of Parliament, Nicholas Ng’ikor held a meeting
with security agencies to ensure the livestock is recovered following the raids
believed to have been conducted by suspected raiders from Pokot.
Speaking during the public baraza in Lokwamosing village, Ng’ikor said
the area has inadequate officers who cannot stop the armed bandits. Ngikor called for deployment of more security
officers to stop future raids. However he said that they cannot blame the
security officers because they are very few to handle the mass bandits.
Victims fled their homes after bandits suspected to be from Pokot
barricading the locals in the villages
killing one man and made away with hundreds of livestock. Ekal Longalan was
killed on the January 1, raid and another person injured who has since been
rushed to Lodwar District Hospital for treatment. The MP of Turkana East said
that the government must stop addressing raids as cultural practice but as
robbery with violence because that is what it is. Locals are now calling on the
government to urgently step up efforts to recover hundreds of livestock stolen
last week. They said the raids have led to high poverty in the community saying
some families have no alternative source of livelihood.
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