The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has warned locals living along the Nandi-Kakamega border to desist from engaging in lawlessness that threatens peace in the region.
NCIC chair Francis ole Kaparo said security agencies have been told to be on the lookout and arrest any perpetrators.
Kaparo said those contravening the law should be dealt with accordingly before they drag their communities to their problems.
“Security officers must now be firm in dealing with people who are out to cause chaos and drag their communities to join the fight,” he said.
Speaking in Kisumu when he met leaders from Nandi and Kakamega for a joint leaders’ peace meeting, the chairman said the conflict that was witnessed recently in the boarder was occasioned by a fight between two people leading to death.
He said police took too long to apprehend the perpetrator thus escalating the conflict between the two communities.
“If police could have moved with speed and arrest the suspect, there could be no conflict in the area,” he said.
Kaparo said each community in the country must live peacefully and stop engaging in conflict ignited by issues that can be resolved amicably.
The leaders deliberated on a number of issues that seeks to steer resolutions to the conflict between the Nandi and Luhya communities emanating from among other issues the boundary dispute in Kamungey location along the Nandi Escarpments on the Nandi-Kakamega boundary.