Kitui insecurity to turn into ethnic wars – Weekly Citizen

The parliamentary committee on administration and national security visited Kitui’s insecurity hotspots to find a lasting peace solution following incursions by armed camel herders in search of water and pasture from the neighbouring county.
Sources within the committee majority of them want the state to move fast and tame the insecurity that is likely to turn into ethnic wars if not handled with care.

Senator Wambua

The committee led by Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange were in Mutha, Mumba, and Inyale in Kitui South and eventually at Ukasi, Wambaa and Wangemi in Mwingi Central.
They held meetings with county security team and engaged from the locals before presenting their findings in the national assembly for adoption.
Tension has been high in Mutha ward, Kitui South, after armed bandits allegedly beheaded a middle aged man and left three others nursing serious injuries while over a dozen families fled their homes in fear of their lives.
The attackers said to be Somali camel herders, have killed and inflicted injuries on the victims following sporadic pasture-related conflicts characteristic of the remote part of Kitui county.

MP Rachael Nyamai

The Kitui South MP, Rachael Nyamai has blamed the state for failure to provide a lasting solution to the age-old banditry in the area.
Kitui politicians led by Senator Enoch Wambua have appealed to Interior cabinet secretary Fred Matiang’i to swiftly initiate disarmament and eviction of the bandits from Kitui county as part of restoring peace along the volatile Kitui-Tana River border.
Mutomo deputy county commissioner Ronald Nyakasi said security officers were combing the area for the criminals and that several suspects had been arrested in connection with local murders