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Police said a major operation is ongoing in the area to get the gang behind the attacks.
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No recovery of the stolen animals had been made by Tuesday morning.
Two primary school pupils were on Monday shot in an ambush in Baringo County.
The deceased were taking care of livestock when they were shot dead by gunmen who drove off with the animals, Baringo County police commander Julius Kiragu said.
This is the latest such incident to happen in the area amid calls by locals on the government to address the menace which has affected operations at large.
“The gunmen had been hanging in the area before they struck in the evening hours driving away with an unknown number of animals,” he said.
Police said a major operation is ongoing in the area to get the gang behind the attacks.
No recovery of the stolen animals had been made by Tuesday morning.
Locals had a week ago staged a protest in the area against increased insecurity and called for action to address the menace. This followed the killing of a blind teacher.
It came days after five people were killed in separate bandit attacks in Baringo, Elgeyo Marakwet, and Samburu counties.
Most parts of the North Rift are now experiencing a return of attacks, which have disrupted normal operations.
Many schools have been closed over the incidents, which have left dozens dead.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has been leading the operations in the area vowing to end the menace.
Kindiki said cattle rustling in Northern Kenya has over the years become an organised criminal enterprise responsible for deaths, poverty and displacement.
“Its impacts are severe. It deprives pastoral communities of their economic mainstay and aggravates the conditions of poverty in the rangelands, fuelling communal grievances and revenge attacks,” he said.
The government has promised more resources in the war against banditry.
To dismantle the infrastructure of cattle rustlers and facilitators he said, the government is sustaining the war on banditry and its perpetrators, enablers, benefactors and beneficiaries by making banditry a painful venture, ensuring recovery of stolen livestock and rewarding facilitators of recoveries.