President William Ruto has insisted that cattle rustling must stop.
In a statement on Sunday, the President said that he had received a report on the bandit attack that led to the death of 10 security officers in Kakiteitei, Turkana East.
He added that following the brief, he had instructed security agencies to firmly deal with the perpetrators of the attack.
"After receiving a comprehensive report on the Turkana/Pokot incident that led to 10 security/administration officers losing their lives, I have instructed security agencies to deal firmly, decisively and conclusively with those involved. Cattle rustling will stop na sio tafadhali," Ruto said in a tweet.
Following the head of state's directive, the National Police Service has deployed a multi-agency team to recover the stolen cattle and bring the suspects to book.
The officials included eight police officers, a Chief and a woman.
The woman killed in the ambush was former Samburu county executive for health Mary Kanyaman, a sister to Thirdway Alliance party leader Ekuru Aukot.
She was leading the officers to recover stolen livestock belonging to her father.
The bodies of the officers killed in Saturday's bandit attack in Turkana East arrived in Nairobi Sunday evening. They were flown in a police chopper to the Wilson Airport and taken to Forces Memorial Hospital mortuary, Nairobi.
The victims were ambushed as they pursued heavily armed bandits suspected to be from the neighbouring Baringo county.
They were pursuing the heavily armed bandits who had attacked Ngikengoi village in Elelea sublocation, Katilia ward and made away with livestock.
