State to impose curfew in Isiolo, Samburu and Marsabit to fight bandits
Police officers at the Ltungai Valley in Samburu West. Armed bandits have built an impregnable territory inside the valley where they keep stolen livestock.
Photo credit: Geoffrey Ondieki | Nation Media Group
Kindiki said a major operation would be carried out in the counties following the publication of a gazette notice to recover stolen livestock.
He said the government had ordered new equipment, including fighter jets and armoured vehicles to enable officers to pursue the rustlers.
The national government will impose a curfew in parts of the Eastern region next week to deal with the banditry menace.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said Isiolo, Samburu and Marsabit counties would be placed under lockdown to flush out bandits from the areas and neighbouring Meru County where dozens of people have been killed and thousands of cattle stolen in the recent past.
