Kisii and Maasai cultural events will be held next month at Kiango on the Kisii-Narok common border to promote communal peace.
“My Narok counterpart and I have agreed to hold a cultural festival at Kiango to promote peaceful coexistence,” Kisii Governor James Ongwae said on Wednesday in a speech.
He said the communities will play tug-of-war and other sports. They will cook and share traditional foods.
The speech was read on his behalf by county director of Devolved Units Peter Kisicha during a peace meeting in Riyabu.
The meeting was presided over by Kenyenya deputy county commissioner Chaunga Mwanchaunga and Bokimonge MCA George Bibao.
The Kisii and Maasai clashed on Monday and Tuesday.
In January last year, the two communities fought along the same border.
Ongwae said leaders should find a permanent solution to the conflicts.
To achieve peace, each county will nominate a team of elders to promote inter-county peace building, he said.
Calm has returned along the border following a series of meetings between the leaders and residents.
The meetings came three days after the two communities clashed following the attack on a Kisii youth and the torching of a house and sugarcane farm last week.
On Tuesday, Mwanchaunga urged the youth not to retaliate.
On Monday, Transmara West deputy county commissioner Abdihakim Jubat met the Maasai and called for peace.
Jubat said violence does not solve problems.
