Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has announced a ramping up of security central counties affected by violence as pastoralists clash with landowners clash over grazing land.
The local police are struggling to cope, after a spate of killings and the destruction of property.
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Politicians have also been blamed for increasing the tension.
Mr Kenyatta said that the army would support the police in “parts of Baringo, Elgeyo Marakwet, Pokot and Laikipia counties”.
In a tweet, he also outlined the no-nonsense approach by the security forces:
From today, those who have defied orders to surrender illegally held firearms are now enemies of the State & will be dealt with accordingly.
