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Herdsmen Flee Into Uganda to Avoid Arrest

The East African Standard (Nairobi)
NEWS
April 30, 2005
Posted to the web April 29, 2005

By Osinde Obare And Titus Maero
Nairobi
Herdsmen from West Pokot District are fleeing to Uganda to escape arrest as the
Government began a security operation.
The herdsmen fled with animals and to evade the Uganda police, they stacked
their guns into bags and loaded them on donkeys at the border.
Sources at Amadat said the herdsmen from Kasei, Alale, Kacheliba and Katikomor
were among those fleeing.
West Pokot District Commissioner Stephen Ikur said those fleeing would
eventually be caught since Uganda was conducting a similar operation.
In a report, the Catholic Church Justice and Peace Commission said more than
60,000 illegal guns were in the hands of herdsmen.
Kenyan Pokots have relatives in Moroto and Nakapirprit in eastern Uganda.
In 1984,1986, 1989 and 1997, the Government used high-tech military equipment,
including helicopters, in unsuccessful operations.
Rift Valley Provincial Senior Assistant commissioner of police in charge of
operations, Mr Anthony Kimeto, is one of the senior officers involved in the
present operation.
Yesterday, he held a meeting at Kapenguria police station.

   

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