Bandits kill TWO children outside the KDF camp
Bandits kill TWO children outside the KDF camp after staging yet another attack despite ongoing security operation
Bandits kill TWO children outside the KDF camp after staging yet another attack despite ongoing security operation.
Despite an ongoing military security operation, bandits carried off a daring attack on Saturday, March 4, killing two children in Samburu North, Samburu County.
According to reports, the event took place about 200 meters from a Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) base.
Locals who spoke to the media claimed that the bold bandits drove the animals to Moruakiring, which is thought to be their hideout.
In addition, the 300 officers at the KDF camp were faulted for not intervening in the situation and engaging the bandits.
“We cannot live this way. Two innocent children have been killed even when the government is leading a security operation. What else can we say?” Joseph Ekutan, a resident in Marti, told Nation. School-going children are among those affected as learning is yet to resume owing to the increase in banditry activities.
Locals also intimated that the bandits pinpointed Malaso and Kur Kur valleys as their base of operations as it offers a distant view of the villages across the region and which enables them to easily detect security officers from afar.
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In a separate incident, two herdsmen were also gunned down on Saturday afternoon at around 2:00 pm in Lolmolok area.
The local herders urged Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki to keep his promise and drive the bandits out of the region.
“We are being killed in our land. Where else do we go? This is becoming worse because the bandits are displacing us,” Boniface Lesuyai lamented.
While attending the burial of a chief in the region, Samburu West MP Naisula Lesuuda faulted Interior PS Raymond Omollo for opting not to attend the burial over security concerns.
She warned him not to follow in the footsteps of his predecessor, Karanja Kibicho who was accused of not visiting the bandit-prone regions during his tenure.
“Don’t be like the former PS whom Natembeya lamented that he never visited these regions due to security concerns. How do you think these people are living?” she posed.
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