4 People Killed In Kwale Land Clashes

The land dispute is said to have been between two rival communities.

It is reported the two communities have been fighting for long over grazing land with efforts by elders to settle the dispute proving futile.

Area County Assembly member said the fighting occurred after 30 Maasai youths raided Kuranze to confront 16 Somali herdsman who were grazing.

He stated that the Somali youths who were armed with crude weapons attacked the Maasai youths killing one of them.

Kwale County Commissioner Evans Achoki confirmed the incident saying the four were killed during a fierce battle between the two warring sides.

Achoki is expected to hold a security meeting in a bid to bring together the two rival communities and resolve the grazing land row.

By Anne Muchiri