TRIBAL CLASHES

Tension remains high along Rongo-Transmara border following the death of three people in fresh clashes pitting two communities.

A high powered delegation led by Public Service Minister Dalmas Otieno, Nyanza PC Erastus Ekidor and his deputy Naftali Mung'adhia held a crisis meeting in the affected area in a bid to resolve the issue.

Security along the border has been beefed up following the fresh fighting between two neighboring communities who have been locked in long-standing land dispute.

Several families have began fleeing their homes in fear of revenge attacks.

Over 400 people from one of the communities have been displaced and over 36 houses touched in the past three days.

Residents of Olontare from Transmara district took to the street to demand the release of their Chief who was arrested 2 days ago for alleged incitement.

Police said the chief was suspected to have been behind the fresh attacks.

The tribal clashes come barely two months after another fight erupted between the two communities over the burial of a man in Trans Mara leaving two people dead.

The problem was only resolved after the body of the man, a resident of Rongo District was exhumed and buried elsewhere.