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man who was shot in the leg is taken to a police van after fighting
erupted in Lakisama slums in Nairobi yesterday. One person was shot
dead and three others were seriously injured during the fighting. Photo/ STEPHEN MUDIARI | Seven
people were killed Sunday when gangsters stormed a police station
housing displaced people at Cherangany in Trans Nzoia East District.
The estimated 100 raiders armed with AK47 rifles, struck at 5am killing two people.
Police returned fire shooting dead five of the raiders.
The attackers surrounded
Kachibora Police Station and Noigam primary school, which are housing
about 3,000 people that have been displaced from their farms in Geta
area.
The raiders opened fire on
the officers manning the two places before they were overpowered as
they tried to drive away an estimated 150 animals.
The livestock belonging to
members of a local community had been moved to the police station after
their houses were torched in the post-election violence that hit Geta.
On Sunday, local district commissioner Seif Matata said security personnel had recovered all the animals.
He said more raiders may have been killed and their bodies were in the bush.
Exposed to risk
Mr Matata further said security had been beefed up in the area and appealed for calm.
The administrator said that 20,000 internally displaced people in the district are threatened with starvation.
He said the victims were exposed to the risk of contracting water-borne diseases.
According to Mr Matata, the families are in urgent need of food and shelter if they are to avoid starvation.
“The displaced people, most of them women and children, are in dire need of food, shelter, clothing and medical care.”
Mr Matata said more than 1,000 houses in North Kisii farm have been torched.
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Mr Matata cited Geta, Karara and Nyakinyua farms as the most affected .
He described relief food
supplied to the victims as inadequate and urged humanitarian
organisations to assist address the situation.
Kitale Catholic bishop Maurice Crowley visited the victims and donated blankets and food.
He called for urgent intervention to stop the skirmishes saying more lives could be lost.
Mr Matata said Kitale
police commander Bernard Muli, General Service Unit personnel and local
district criminal investigations officer Issa Mohamed were monitoring
the security situation.
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