{Tension remains high in Kibigori at the border of Nandi and Kisumu counties after the toll of people killed following cattle theft reportedly rose to five.}<\/p>\n
Three people were killed on Friday evening after youths from either side clashed; Chemase and Kibigori areas were the worst hit; schools remain closed; pupils were advised to stay home as the fight between the Kalenjin and Luo youths escalated.<\/p>\n
Youths wielding bows and arrows; slings, makeshift shields, machetes and spears are going about the sugar plantations in hunt for one another.<\/p>\n
Residents of the area say the problem started on Friday mid-morning after youths from Kisumu went to recover some five animals that were stolen on Thursday night.<\/p>\n
Police are at the scene.<\/p>\n
Source:Daily Nation:[Tension high as death toll rises in Nandi-Kisumu cattle theft clashes->http:\/\/www.nation.co.ke\/counties\/Death-toll-rises-in-clashes-over-cattle-theft\/-\/1107872\/3026678\/-\/7iu6r4z\/-\/index.html]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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