Pastoralists’ and some political leaders from Garissa County have called upon for the national government to take legal action against those people who are accused of cattle theft.
Speaking at Korakora Primary School playground, Lagdera Member of Parliament, Mohamed Muktar Shidiye said that about 73 camels had been stolen on Saturday from the locals living in Korakora.
He, therefore, asked the government to intervene and bring a lasting solution to the problem currently being faced by the residents in the region.
"Close to 73 camels were stolen yesterday. We ask the government to do something about this trend and to deploy more security officers in the area," said Shidiye.
He also asked for the quick recovery of the lost camels since the owners of these camels do not have any other way of sustaining their lives as this is their major source of income.
"We are telling the government to quickly do something to recover the lost camels because most residents of this area greatly depend on animals especially camels for their daily income" said Shidiye.
The speech comes a time when pastoralists and farmers from Meru, Isiolo, Samburu and Garissa counties have agreed upon in fighting together to stop cattle raiding in their counties.
A new centre for General Service Unit (GSU) had also been agreed to be built in the border that the counties share in order to curb further cattle raiding activities.
The pastoralists and the farmers keep on fighting and blaming one another when animals are stolen or farms are destroyed but with the building of the new centre for the GSU will help a lot in curbing cattle raiding and improves farming activities in the county.