Lawmakers from pastoralist communities want to meet President William Ruto over incessant insecurity in the Northern region.
The legislators from Samburu and Turkana said the strategies being employed by various security agencies to tackle banditry were not bearing fruit.
Early this year, Ruto promised to act tough on insecurity in troubled areas of the North Rift region and other parts of the country, which have been hit hard by banditry attacks.
Ruto ordered the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to conduct a joint security operation with the police in all banditry-prone areas.
Speaking in a meeting with the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Affairs on Thursday, the lawmakers said Interior CS Kithure Kindiki had failed to arrest the situation.
“What is currently taking place is smoothening not addressing the situation,” said Turkana South MP Namoit.
He said the Ministry of Interior and Internal Coordination has employed tactics to deal with banditry instead of addressing the underlying issues.
Samburu West MP Naisula Lesuuda said some leaders are fueling tension in the region by inciting locals.
“What message are you sending to your people when you tell them this is our land and we must take it?” she posed.
Turkana South MP regretted that successive previous regimes have failed to address the boundary conflict issue which he termed as the main issue causing fighting.
The lawmaker insisted that the failure by the government to disclose the landmarks between the pastoralist communities’ counties has led to encroachment prompting clashes.
“When you look at West Pokot and Baringo counties, the landmarks are clearly labelled. When you come to Turkana and West Pokot, nothing like that has been done which is an issue of concern,” Namoit explained.
During the meeting, Interior Cabinet Secretary was accused of working in isolation in addressing security concerns in the North Rift region.
The government has been conducting an operation to crack down on chronic violence in the North Rift.
Most of the fighting is between communities over grazing land and livestock.
