Kenya Police Chief Says Slow Reforms Hinder End to Tana Massacre
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Kenya’s efforts to curb deadly inter-clan clashes in the eastern Tana River area and track down the perpetrators is being undermined by the sluggish pace of police reforms, Inspector General David Kimaiyo said.
Violence between the feuding Orma and Pokomo groups that’s killed at least 178 people since August is driven by disputes over land and water and linked to political maneuvering before elections planned for March, Kimaiyo said, according to an e-mailed statement. The latest set of tit-for-tat attacks on Jan. 9 and yesterday killed at least 23 people from the semi-nomadic Orma group and the Pokomo farmers.