Eleven powerful families that are unlawfully herding cattle in some areas of Baringo North, have been given a 24-hour ultimatum by Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Abdi Hassan to leave, and return to their original area where they came from; if they fail to do so, there would be undefined consequences.
The regional commissioner insisted that they would no longer tolerate the actions of the herds owners who had employed armed criminals to herd animals, as these criminals were causing havoc by murdering, maiming, and evicting innocent people from their farms.
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After visiting Baringo North to assess the security situation, Hassan spoke at a press conference outside the Marigat Deputy County Commissioner's office. He claimed that despite being given an amnesty, the dangerous armed herders caring for hundreds of cattle belonging to powerful families from Tiaty have been warned by local chiefs to leave, but they have refused to comply.
Hassan stated that they believe the herders are a part of a larger syndicate that has been causing untold suffering to residents of Baringo North and South, as well as the neighboring counties of Elgeyo Marakwet, Laikipia, Samburu, and Turkana for the past three months.
Hassan was accompanied by Rift Valley Police Commander Tom Odero and Baringo County Commissioner Stephen Kutwa.
