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Police beef up security in troubled Samburu North
Families fleeing Simiti Village in Baragoi, Samburu county on October 7, 2013 following a spate of killings and banditry in the volatile region.
Photo credit: File | Nation Media Group
What you need to know:
- Among the insecurity-prone areas in the county are Baragoi town, Nachola, Bendera, Marti and Suguta Valley in Samburu North.
- More than six people, among them children, have been killed by bandits and tens of families displaced in the past one month.
A contingent of police officers has been deployed in Baragoi in Samburu North Sub-County to contain increased cattle rustling activities and retaliatory attacks.
The officers from the General Service Unit (GSU), Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU), Rapid Deployment Unit (RDU) and regular police officers, have been deployed in various red zones in Samburu North to curb rising insecurity.
