KISUMU, Kenya, Nov 8 – Security has been beefed up in Sondu along the Kisumu-Kericho border following circulation of leaflets containing attack threats.
Nyanza Regional Commissioner Flora Mworoa says the government will not take such threats lightly.
Mworoa says what locals are saying is that the attackers will strike after the completion of the ongoing Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE).
“We hear the attackers said some of their children are sitting KCSE and they are giving them time to finish up then they strike,” she said.
The RC noted that there is relative peace along the Kisumu Kericho border and the threats will surely make matters more worse.
She says the government has strived to beef up security and will add more in case of need.
“There are new officers in all the stations along the border and we expect better results in terms of maintaining peace and order,” she said.
Mworoa says security officers will respond fast and swiftly to any threat issued along the border.
In the recent past, locals complained of laxity among police officers whenever they shared intelligence reports.
Speaking to civil society groups under Pamoja Transformation in Kisumu on Wednesday, the RC says efforts are underway to address the border conflict once and for all.
She says peace caravans will be used to send peace messages to the people along the border during the December festive.
“We will deliver Christmas gifts to the people of Sondu through caravans in the area,” she said.
Mworoa says plans are also underway to point the demarcation of the border town which has been a source of conflict time immemorial.
She says the plan will be spearheaded by the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) and the National Land Commission (NLC) so as to make it clear where the boundary is.
“On that day, there will be a peace accord between the leaders from both the counties and if possible we want President William Ruto to lead the process on that day,” she said.
Mworoa says the border conflict will be resolved by the people themselves and only facilitating the process as agents of the government.During the flare-ups last month, seven people were confirmed killed and several homesteads razed down, with locals still sleeping in camps.
