Poor youths team up with butchers to drive spate of cattle theft in Kisumu
PHOTO | FILE Kisumu residents and other mourners mill around a police van to view the remains of Nyakach MP Aduma Owuor’s parents Francis and Francisca at the Jaramogi Oginga Odinga Teaching and Referral Hospital mortuary on November 8. The mother was hit on the forehead with an object, while the father was burnt to death in the house. The attack is believed to have been a revenge mission against the MP for his fight against cattle rustling.
County plunged into fear and despair as gangs roam villages in search of cows and goats
The businessmen, most of whom run butcheries in Kisumu, team up with youths from Kisumu, Nandi and Kericho counties to drive the spate of cattle thefts that have plunged the county into fear and despair.
A network of well-coordinated businessmen and youths are behind cattle-rustling, which is believed to have led to the killing of the parents of Nyakach MP Aduma Owour, Nation investigations reveal. The businessmen, most of whom run butcheries in Kisumu, team up with youths from Kisumu, Nandi and Kericho counties to drive the spate of cattle thefts that have plunged the county into fear and despair. The youths who work with the attackers operate under oath and are tasked to give details of the number of cattle in a home, type of shed and location and the operations of the community policing groups.
They sell the information to the businessmen, who give it to armed groups for the raids. The stolen animals are then driven from the Nyabondo Plateau towards Kericho County.
