Police have arrested more than 300 illegal grazers in Laikipia County following the brutal killing of a rancher on Sunday. Interior cabinet secretary Joseph Nkaissery has also announced that the government is tracking down the financiers of the violence, which is believed to be politically instigated.
President Kenyatta has this evening met security chiefs as the government seeks to end farm invasions that have persisted for more than four months.
A day after the death of Tristan Voorspuy, a dual Kenyan & British citizen who was shot by bandits as he assessed the damage after a lodge that was torched in his Sosian Ranch, Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery has revealed that hundreds of illegal herders have been arrested.
“As I speak to you the police have already arrested 379 illegal grazers who are being processed in accordance to the law,” he said.
The man at the helm of the country’s security said police have now driven herders from 16 ranches, adding that he blames local leadership for the continued violence.
“Local political leaders have contributed to this tension by making inflammatory statements and sometimes even inciting headers to break the law,” he added.
Declining to name the leaders, Nkaissery stated that Voorspuy’s killers will be smoked out of their hideouts.