A 30-day extended curfew in Kapedo has been lifted. Interior CS Fred Matiang’i says the operation was ‘a big success’.
The curfew that ran from 6.00pm to 6.00 am had been imposed in January after heightened tension in the Baringo-Turkana border.
Matiang’i however directed locals to continue observing the 10.00pm to 4.00 am curfew that attempts to mitigate the COVID-19 infection levels.
“We shall however retain the 10.00 pm to 4.00 am nationwide curfew in line with the Presidential directives on the revised COVID-19 containment measures. Road blocks within Kapedo area will be retained but humanitarian assistance shall be facilitated by security officers to ensure that it reaches the targeted beneficiaries,” Dr. Matiang’i said in a statement.
CS Matiang’i said a total of 53 firearms were recovered from the peace initiative led by chiefs, peace committees, inter-faith groups and elders in the volatile region.
In the January wave of attacks, a senior police officer was shot and killed by gunmen in Kapedo area, Turkana county.
Three other officers were shot and wounded in the attack that happened as officers led a convoy of cars and responded to a distress call. The incident blocked state officials and Members of Parliament from leaving the area.
About seven other people have been reported dead along the Isiolo-Garissa-Wajir border in the last one week following a renewal of clashes between neighboring communities.
An administration police post was also vandalized in Eldera town, leaving the area largely deserted.
