Kitui East MP Nimrod Mbai (right) speaking with Somali herders on January 6, 2018. [Photo/nation.co.ke]Leaders from Kitui and Tana River Counties have been urged to tone down on their utterances that might trigger tribal animosity between communities.
Speaking to the press in Madogo area, Bura MP Ali Wario said there was the need for local leaders to unite the locals.
Wario was reacting to comments by Kitui East MP Nimrod Mbai who had two weeks ago ordered Somali herders from his constituency to leave within ten days.
The two communities have been feuding for years now over water and pasture resources.
Leaders from Garissa county whose majority of the headers hail from accused the legislator of creating animosity between their people and his constituents.
Wario said that leaders should learn to preach peace and desist from utterances that might lead to bloodshed saying that there was no winner in killing a neighbor.
“We are neighbors and it is a fact that will never change. The earlier we recognize that we have to co-exist the better for all of us. the quicker we agree on how we can resolve our issue the better,” said Wario.
The MP said consultation between leaders from the two counties both and the National and county level are ongoing on how best to resolve the conflict that has been created by headers crossing over to Kitui county in search of water and pasture during drought seasons.
“I have already initiated talks at my level. I have talked to my people and we are in agreement that we are neighbors and it is a fact that which we all have to accommodate and accept,” said Wario.