At least seven houses and a school have been burnt down by bandits in Kaptir Ward in Turkana South, a day after the visit of CS Kithure Kindiki in Turkana.
Turkana County commissioner Jacob Ouma has confirmed the incident.
On Friday, Kindiki toured Lokichogio and Nadapal in Turkana West to assess the security situation and the general development of the area.
Ouma said the seven houses in Lokwar/Nakuse village and structures of Nakuse primary school were burnt by a group of armed bandits believed to be from the Pokot community.
He said the bandits believed to be from West Pokot County raided Turkana on Saturday and Sunday.
“Since last Friday we had reported that bandits have been in Lokwar and Nakwamoru along the river Turkwel in Kaptir Ward. On Saturday they burnt down houses in Lokwar market and on Sunday they burnt down Nakuse Primary school,” the county boss said.
He said they have deployed enough security agencies to flush out the bandits in the region.
“Just recently the Cabinet Secretary of interior Kithure Kindiki visited Turkana to assess the security situation. We cannot allow people to distract peace, as I speak security agencies have been deployed to beef up security,” he said.
He said the security agencies deployed include Anti-Stock Theft Unit, police officers and Rapid Deployment Unit to flush out bandits in a troubled area in the region.
“I'm confident people will go back to their homes because we cannot allow people to distract the peace, it's not going to be a business as usual,” he said.
