This archive report was first published on 28 September 2019.
On September 28, 2019, a parliamentary committee on administration and national security visited Kitui's insecurity hotspots to find a lasting peace solution following incursions by armed camel herders in search of water and pasture from the neighboring county.
Senator Enoch Wambua and other Kitui politicians have appealed to Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i to swiftly initiate disarmament and eviction of the bandits from Kitui county as part of restoring peace along the volatile Kitui-Tana River border.
The committee, led by Kiambaa MP Paul Koinange, held meetings with the county security team and engaged with locals in Mutha, Mumba, Inyale in Kitui South, and Ukasi, Wambaa, and Wangemi in Mwingi Central.
Kitui South MP Rachael Nyamai has blamed the state for failure to provide a lasting solution to the age-old banditry in the area.
According to sources within the committee, most of them want the state to move fast and tame the insecurity that is likely to turn into ethnic wars if not handled with care.
Security officers, led by Mutomo deputy county commissioner Ronald Nyakasi, are combing the area for the criminals and have arrested several suspects in connection with local murders.
