Residents of Ndonyo Nanga in Samburu East want the Kenya Defence Forces to mop up undetonated bombs at their training grounds in Laresoro.
The residents said the military has exposed them to death traps on the over 8,000-acre piece of land.
This comes after two children died on Sunday after explosives detonated while they were grazing.
A third child is fighting for his life at a Meru hospital.
They said the explosives are washed downstream when it rains, further exposing them to danger.
According to Gabriel Lenyakopiro, a 60-year-old village elder, KDF officers used to mop up the area once done with their training, but they do not do it these days.
"Our people are exposed to death while they graze, walk home, play and even when they fetch water," he said.
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bomb that was swept downstream. It lies in a seasonal river where women and children fetch water. /MARTIN FUNDI
He said the military used to hire and train locals who would patrol the training grounds after they had left in search of an undetonated ordinance.
Baraza Lolmonyi, another resident, said children are always at risk since they usually play with the colourful bombs.
Undetonated bombs at the Laresoro KDF training field in Samburu east. Area residents graze their livestock in the field once the military leaves the field. /MARTIN FUNDI
"Most of the bombs are blue in colour and attract children who are grazing in the absence of adults. Our animals are not spared either," he said.
"Children, women and livestock are the most prone to the explosives since our people keep on moving around. Sometimes you find they have built structures where some of the explosives are buried by soil," he said.