Isiolo County Commissioner Geoffrey Omoding during a past briefing outside his office in Isiolo town. He announced the deployment of more National Police Reservists to tame banditry in hotspot areas.
Police in Isiolo have recovered 200 cows out of the 400 stolen during Monday's attack at Matta Sathen village by bandits suspected to be from neighbouring counties.
A herder who was injured during the attack is nursing gunshot wounds in hospital.