A section of leaders from Samburu County have threatened to ditch the Jubilee government if it fails to address the alleged torturing and killing of Laikipia residents by police officers under the guise of containing banditry attacks.
Speaking on Thursday, Samburu Governor, Moses Lenolkulal, said the operation has been politicized by local leaders.
They said that the police operations going on in Laikipia are targeting particular communities living in the area.
“Human and livestock lives have been lost, pastoralists depend on livestock, killing their animals is like skinning them alive,” he said.
Samburu West Member of Parliament, Lati Lelelit, asked the government to immediately recall the operations.
“Among the things we will request the President is the compensation of the lost livestock and destroyed property,” Lelelit said.