Police Boss Holding High Level Security Meeting after Turkana Massacre

Kaindi is holding a closed door meeting with the regional commissioner Osman Warfa, director of operations in charge of Administration police Peter Pamba and the area administrators at the Chemolingot deputy commissioner’s office.

The meeting follows a directive by the Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery for the deployment of troops to conduct a disarmament exercise in the area following the killing of over 56 people in Nadome area.

No security team has been deployed to the area yet.

Just a day after interior cabinet secretary ordered deployment of troops in the volatile area of Nadome, the officers are yet to get to the ground due to logistical issues.

According to the Nadome local residents, no help has reached them yet and the bodies of those killed on Monday are still strewn all over.

The terrain leading to the scene of crime is badly hampering accessibility by security officers as well as Red Cross officials.

The officers have been ordered to disarm the communities and restore law and order within the area.

Women, children shot dead in attacks

Turkana raiders are said to have attacked the village inhabited by members of the Pokot community with reports indicating that both the residents and bandts were killed in the fighting.

According to residents, more than 400 heavily armed bandits formed a human ring around 12 villages at around 4am Monday, spraying homes with bullets indiscriminately killing women and children before escaping with thousands of livestock.

Naudo location Chief David Tarube said nine women and seven children were shot dead and several men injured while trying to repulse the heavily armed attackers suspected to come from the neighbouring Turkana East sub-county.

Residents say more than 3,000 cattle and about 1,000 goats and sheep were driven towards Turkana after the cattle rustlers managed to overpower their victims. Nine young men who took part in the fire exchange suffered heavy degree injuries.

Raided villages include Kalpat, Acham, Koghturo, Kangolio, Chepisia, Chongor, Lonangii, Loreng, Napuu, Sukut, Popon and Karuwon all in Silale ward, Tiaty sub-county.

The incident which took place at Nadome valley occured exactly five months after Kapedo attack in which 21 administration police officers lost their lives after they were ambushed at Kasarani by suspected Pokot raiders.

By Maureen Murimi