Two people were on Sunday shot dead by suspected Pokot bandits in Kapedo.
Turkana county police boss Ronald Opili said on the phone that the two were a driver and a contractor who was supplying
food to schools.
Two passengers were also injured.
"The suspected armed Pokot bandits ambushed the vehicle travelling to Lokori from Kapedo and killed the driver and a contractor. They were ferrying foodstuff to schools in Turkana East," Opili said.
He said officers have launched a manhunt to arrest the perpetrators.
In
July,
Turkana residents blocked trucks from transporting oil from the
Ngamia 8 in
Lokichar to Mombasa.
They held protests
over insecurity and the community's share of proceeds from the oil.
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