Kenya

×

NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Digital News

evewoman
Farm Kenya
Entertainment
Sports
The Nairobian

TV STATIONS

RADIO STATIONS

ENTERPRISE

SUBSCRIBE NOW
Login

Samburu leaders call out police for slow response to banditry attacks in Baragoi

Loading Article…For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.
Samburu herders who were injured during a bandit attack at Kilepoi, Baragoi in Samburu County that left five people dead on March 11, 2025. {Photos, Michael SaitotiA section of Samburu leaders has accused security agencies of a slow response to the recent banditry attacks in the area.

This comes hours after six people were shot dead and eight others injured in a cattle rustling conflict in Baragoi, Samburu County.

Speaking at a press conference in Nairobi, Ernest Nadome, the chairperson of the Turkana Professionals Association, called on Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen to meet stakeholders and find a lasting solution to the recurrent clashes in the North Rift region.

“We urgently call upon CS Kipchumba Murkomen to convene a roundtable meeting with key stakeholders, including professionals from the two antagonising communities, to address the root causes of the recurring tribal clashes and develop lasting solutions to end this menace,” Nadome stated.
“It is deeply disturbing that, despite the presence of multiple security installations in the region—including the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU), GSU camps, police posts, a military camp, and NPR bases—the response from these agencies was alarmingly inadequate. The sluggish and ineffective action from these security organs raises grave concerns about their commitment to their constitutional duty to protect lives and property. The continued failure of the national government to fortify security in these conflict-prone areas has created a fertile breeding ground for terror, lawlessness, and impunity,” he added.
.Policy tackles Samburu’s conflict, hunger crisisNadome also criticised the media for what he termed as a “misrepresentation of facts.”

He stated that 440 camels and 46 donkeys were involved in the conflict, contrary to earlier reports of 700 animals.
In December last year, the Ministry of Interior and National Administration (MINA) revealed that cases of livestock theft had decreased significantly, with the number of stolen animals dropping from 63,054 to 23,668 since the launch of Operation Maliza Uhalifu North Rift in February 2023.

However, reports of new cases started emerging in January.
Samburu banditry attacks
Baragoi cattle rustling
Tribal clashes in Kenya
Delayed police response
.

Kenyan lawyer leading the fight against ‘tyranny’
Why Azimio dropped case against Wetang’ula over Sabina Chege’s Jubilee position
Why women are going crazy over “Beauty in Black’s” patriarch Horace Bellarie
Why I skipped Cabinet meetings- CS Muturi
Witnesses recount the night Starlet Wahu was murdered
.

Nyoro, his ousted team accused of skewed sharing of ‘budget’ kitty
Fact-check: Can a machine make one million chapatis a day?
No police in sight as Nairobi residents robbed during Ruto’s Mathare rally
Muturi’s Democratic Party issues 30-day notice to exit Kenya Kwanza
CS Muturi unfazed by potential dismissal, defends stand on abductions

.

Lobby groups: How attacks on Kenya’s Judiciary could impact 2027 elections
National
By
Okumu Modachi

59 mins ago

.

By
Irene Githinji

5 hrs ago

Nyoro, his ousted team accused of skewed sharing of ‘budget’ kitty
By
Graham Kajilwa

5 hrs ago

How Kuscco board pocketed Sh18m for site visits to housing project
By
George Njunge and Brian Otieno

1 day ago

Raila grows cold feet, sends mixed signals on Ruto deal
By
Nancy Gitonga

1 day ago

Court allows church to sell prime properties, refuses to reinstall bishop

.

Initially, Kurgat, who testified before Nakuru Senior Principal Magistrate Peter Ndege, denied any involvement in the programme.

×

NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

Digital News

evewoman
Farm Kenya
Entertainment
Sports
The Nairobian

TV STATIONS

RADIO STATIONS

ENTERPRISE

SUBSCRIBE NOW
Login

Kwale leaders unite to end 43,000ha ranch dispute after three years

Loading Article…For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings.
Kwale Governor Fatuma Achani when she appeared before the Senate Committee on County Public Investments and Special Funds over the audit queries at Bunge Towers in Nairobi on September 2, 2024. [Boniface Okendo, Standard]Wrangles have derailed the subdivision of a 43,466-hectare land in Lunga Lunga, Kwale, for more than three years.

Local leaders, however, want the exercise to proceed to allow the issuance of title deeds to Mwereni Group members.

A few months ago, the subdivision was halted following chaos among some residents.
This was after the emergence of two different sets of title deeds that were irregularly acquired, and the formation of a parallel committee consisting of nine members who were not recognised by the community.

Yesterday, Kwale Governor Fatuma Achani and County Commissioner Stephen Orinde warned a section of the residents bent on frustrating the process.
Speaking in Mwereni during a public engagement, Achani called on the security agencies to arrest those interfering with the subdivision.

“The subdivision should be done in a transparent manner, putting the interests of the residents first. Those Lands officials who want to do monkey business with Mwereni Group Ranch should be brought to book.”

“We have heard the cry, and I promise that this problem will come to an end peacefully, and everyone will have his or her title deed,” added Orinde.
Lunga Lunga MP Mangale Chiphoromodo asked the national and county governments to sort out historical land injustices in the county.

The residents, led by Mwereni MCA Beja Manza and Joseph Ruwa Mwero, proposed that the “Jembe kwa Jembe” boundary system, not the clan, be used during the demarcation, saying it would protect the land from grabbers.
In the proposed system, genuine landowners will show their parcels in the presence of neighbours, which will be confirmed by surveyors.

43,466-hectare
Kwale land dispute
Mwereni Group Ranch
Title deed issuance
.

Want a more polished look? Accessories are key
What every father-to-be should know
Why men fall asleep after intimacy
Show of impunity as Nairobi residents robbed after Ruto’s rally
Nyoro, his ousted team accused of skewed sharing of ‘budget’ kitty
.

Nyoro, his ousted team accused of skewed sharing of ‘budget’ kitty
Fact-check: Can a machine make one million chapatis a day?
Muturi’s Democratic Party issues 30-day notice to exit Kenya Kwanza
CS Muturi unfazed by potential dismissal, defends stand on abductions
Court warns woman to keep daughter in forced marriage row

.

Kwale leaders unite to end 43,000ha ranch dispute after three years
Counties
By
Patrick Beja

20 mins ago

.

By
Irene Githinji

2 hrs ago

Nyoro, his ousted team accused of skewed sharing of ‘budget’ kitty
By
Graham Kajilwa

2 hrs ago

How Kuscco board pocketed Sh18m for site visits to housing project
By
George Njunge and Brian Otieno

1 day ago

Raila grows cold feet, sends mixed signals on Ruto deal
By
Nancy Gitonga

1 day ago

Court allows church to sell prime properties, refuses to reinstall bishop

.

Angered by the turn of events, the villagers marched to Ashibira’s home setting on fire houses in the compound before police arrived.

Wanjiku through her lawyer, disputed the claim that Nyambura had a daughter who was supposed to substitute for her in the succession dispute that has been in court since 2001.

Kaetuai was killed by armed gangs while on the Kenya-led peacekeeping mission on February 23.

Parent narrates how she paid Sh1 million for daughter’s education. Another parent wants former and current county officials charged.

The ODM leader normally receives cheers whenever he tours Kisii and Nyamira counties.He defended the MoU he signed with Ruto.

Victims of State injustices can now seek legal redress even years after oppressive regimes have left power.

Court granted ownership of a 4,700-acre Maasai Mara land to Narok Governor Patrick Ntutu’s brother Livingston Kunini.