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11Oct

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Bandits Kill three in Laikipia attack.

Three people have been killed when suspected bandits raided a home at Ndindika Village, Ngarua division in Laikipia County. One person was injured in an attempted cattle rustling near Laikipia Nature Conservancy. The bandits had driven hundreds animals from different homesteads but were intercepted by security. After a few hours, the bandits returned to the village in bid to revenge over the recovery of the animals. National Police Service spokesman Bruno Shiosi said the incident occurred on Sunday at 4pm. "Three suspected Pokot bandits staged a daring attack at the home of Michael Kananu and made away with 32 heads of cattle and two sheep," he said. “While driving the stolen cattle towards Laikipia Nature Conservancy, the bandits shot indiscriminately at the four wh...

Bandits stage daring attack as CS Matiang’i visits Laikipia

Tension continued building in restive Laikipia West as bandits torched more houses, including homes owned by police reservists, on a day Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i and top security chiefs are visiting the area. In a brazen Friday morning attack, at least seven homes, two of them belonging to National Police Reservists, were torched at Dam Samaki village in Ol Moran area by heavily armed bandits. "They stormed our homes on Friday morning and started setting our houses on fire while demanding that we leave. We survived by the grace of God, as we fled using the back doors. I only managed to take with me my children and a few clothes,” a resident of Dam Samaki, Ms Mary Maina, told the Nation. Dr Matiang'i is expected to announce changes in security management of La...

Ex-MP Lempurkel arrested over Laikipia skirmishes

Former Laikipia North MP Mathew Lempurkel has been arrested from his home in Rongai, Kajiado County over ongoing clashes in Laikipia. He was later moved to the DCI Nairobi area for questioning and possible transfer to other places including Nakuru and Nanyuki. It is not clear what he was being accused of over the clashes in Laikipia but police said he was a person of interest and would be allowed to talk to journalists later. His supporters started to mill outside the Nairobi DCI offices on learning he was there. The former MP was later driven to Milimani law courts by police who were armed with a sworn affidavit. The officers planned to seek permission from police to hold Lempurkel for days as they investigate him over the chaos. It is not the first time the former ...