Tension high in Baringo as bandits kill police officer

Tension is high in Chepkesin in Baringo North after a police officer was shot dead by armed criminals suspected to be from the neighbouring Tiaty Sub-county.

Baringo North Sub-county Police Commander Fredrick Odinga said the slain officer was among a group of RDU and regular officers who had toured the volatile border to carry out patrol and flush out the armed criminals who had moved into the area with their livestock, raising fears among locals.