Laikipia West MP Ndiritu Muriithi has accused governor Joshua Irungu of doing so little to avert cases of insecurity in Laikipia County.
In a statement to newsrooms on Saturday, the lawmaker noted that Irungu has a pivotal role to play to ensure safety and security of the county's residents, urging the county chief to intervene expeditiously.
"The governor of Laikipia has abdicated a critical responsibility of raising his voice against the continued injustice being perpetrated against his people. The logical conclusion can only be that he is complicit to these unwarranted invasions unless he comes out clearly and speaks out against them," the statement said in part.
"The country has been experiencing well spread rains and the excuse that these invaders are in search of grass and pasture for their livestock is no longer tenable yet senior officials in the Laikipia county government have been watching law being broken left, right and centre without taking any action to assure and protect the people who have given them leadership mandate," he added.
Muriithi's call comes just days after a security guard protecting Kifuku Ranch was attacked on Wednesday night.
The region has experienced a series of insecurity cases in the recent past, with armed cattle-herders searching for scarce grazing land invading conservancies for grazing land.