At least five people were killed by suspected bandits at the Meru-Isiolo border in new clashes over grazing fields.
This came a day after at least 25 camels were killed in the same area in an ambush by gunmen who escaped.
The killing of the five happened Monday night at the sleepy village in Tigania and is believed to be a retaliation to the killing of the camels.
Police said no arrest had been made but investigations are ongoing.
The victims were slashed and shot dead as they slept.
Head of police Rono Bunei said a team that had been sent to the scene was under instructions to drive away animals that are there.
“The animals are the cause of this conflict and we have decided to drive them away as part of efforts to find a solution to the issue,” he said.
Tension remained high in the area even as more officers arrived there.
More police were at the weekend sent to forestall the pending retaliation after more than 25 camels were slashed to death in an attack.
The incident happened between Gambela and Kandebene at the Isiolo-Meru border.
Locals said a group of more than 100 assailants ambushed a sleeping Manyatta at dawn, shooting and cutting the camels with pangas.
Police say they are yet to establish the motive of the Saturday incident amid calls to solve the persistent border dispute in the area.
Bunei said the security officers are combing the area in pursuit of the attackers.
“We hope to get a solution to the menace and avoid such losses,” he said.
The carcases were later disposed of under security, police said.
The area has had perennial troubles in the past few days. The locals usually fight over border disputes and pasture.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i told National Assembly Committee on National Security and Administration of Justice two weeks ago that currently, 25 per cent of National Government security resources are committed to securing the area and Laikipia, Samburu and Baringo counties.
He said special units of security agencies had been deployed to the counties.
He noted that the situation is aggravated by politics of expansionism, drought, and the proliferation of arms sneaked in through porous borders.
“Political instability and troubles in neighbouring countries further make it easy to access weapons,” he said.
He said the government is also investing in infrastructures such as roads and water pans/dams to open up the region and encourage more settlements.
“Investments in education, agriculture, health and social amenities also being upscaled as a long term solution.”
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