Borabu residents have been urged to embrace the Nyumba Kumi initiative, which was launched by the government to combat rising incidents of cattle rustling along Sotik-Bomet border.
This follows a series of cattle rustling incidents in the troubled border in the months of February and March, which caused public outcry.
Nyamira Women Representative Alice Chae, who spoke to the reporter on Wednesday said the ultimate remedy remained with the people on Borabu saying the crime was an ‘in-house’ deal.
“Cattle rustlers are among us and within us. It is an in-house deal and the only people with power to step it are the people of Borabu,” Chae said.
“The Nyumba Kumi initiative should be taken seriously because it can clean the menace. We will be able to identify bad elements within us and possibly sweep them out of our community to authorities,” she added.
She said it needed an intervention of the entire community and not the area leadership, and security agents alone to curb the crime.
“Rustling derails development in our community and should be condemned with strongest terms possible but it is also important to note that leaders and security agents cannot alone defeat the vice. Let us work together and support community policing so that we rout out those amongst us perpetrating the crime,” said Chae.
Photo: Alice Chae addressing a gathering at Kiabonyoru during a past meeting. She has challenged Borabu residents to embrace Nyumba Kumi initiative to fight cattle rustling. AMakori/Hivisasa.com