{"id":914903,"date":"2022-01-10T06:37:09","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T06:37:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/news\/2022\/01\/10\/lonyangapuo-demands-mop-up-of-arms-in-kerio\/"},"modified":"2022-01-10T06:37:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T06:37:09","slug":"lonyangapuo-demands-mop-up-of-arms-in-kerio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/10\/lonyangapuo-demands-mop-up-of-arms-in-kerio\/","title":{"rendered":"Lonyangapuo demands mop-up of arms in Kerio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure>\n<div class=\"art-img row mx-md-0\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/sniyx1bqlonsl61dbc8f2df07d.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid w-100\" width=\"800\" height=\"500\"\/><\/div><figcaption class=\"bg-light mb-3 p-3 row mx-md-0\">\n<p><strong>Some of the illegal guns and ammunition surrendered by residents of Isiolo and Ngaremara in November last year <\/strong>[Bruno Mutunga, Standard]\n<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"card-text\">Governor John\u00a0Lonyangapuo\u00a0has urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to order forceful disarmament in Kerio Valley to end an upsurge of killings in the region.\n<\/p>\n<p>Prof\u00a0Lonyangapuo\u00a0was angered by the unending banditry attacks along the common borders of Baringo, Elgeyo\/Marakwet and West Pokot counties thjat have led to killings and theft of livestock. <\/p>\n<p>He said gains of previous peace meetings have been eroded and the only solution to safeguard the region is to mop up all illegal guns in the hands of criminals causing havoc in the area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the national government is unable to disarm criminals, let us exchange the roles, the law allows us the functions of the national government to be done by county government. We will help them to collect illegal guns,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"Iayais6RWKo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A deadly Adventure: Why traveling along Kerio Valley highway is like signing death warrant\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Iayais6RWKo?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>Lonyangapuo\u00a0said security agencies should use force and spare no one, arguing that the region has seen a spike in killings, with school-going children and teachers not spared.\n<\/p>\n<p>However, he criticised the recent re-introduction of arming National Police Reservists in Marakwet East while leaving out other regions, including Pokot Central. <\/p>\n<p>The governor reiterated that the national government should deploy more security personnel along the border.\n<\/p>\n<p>He added that they have provided enough infrastructure in the affected region including the construction of police houses for camps to be set, but none has been posted to the area.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI find it odd that the national government has failed to pitch tent along the border and restore peace. I built houses for them but no police officer has occupied the houses. Something is not working,\u201d said\u00a0Lonyangapuo\n<\/p>\n<p>Two days ago, four people were buried at Cheptulel, among them two learners, after being shot by bandits, rising tension along the border.\n<\/p>\n<p>Residents have fled their homes and abandoned businesses for fear of attacks in Chesogon along Pokot Central and Marakwet East sub-counties. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe valley of hope in Kerio Valley has turned to be a valley of death. The government should do away with national police service since some use their guns to main our people,\u201d he added.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"justify-content-start\">\n<button class=\"tags-btn mr-4 mb-3 load-more\"><br \/>\nJohn\u00a0Lonyangapuo<br \/>\n<\/button><br \/>\n<button class=\"tags-btn mr-4 mb-3 load-more\"><br \/>\nKerio Valley<br \/>\n<\/button>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.standardmedia.co.ke\/article\/2001433952\/lonyangapuo-demands-mop-up-of-arms-in-kerio\">Source: The Standard Media Kenya<\/a> <a \"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some of the illegal guns and ammunition surrendered by residents of Isiolo and Ngaremara in November last year [Bruno Mutunga, Standard] Governor John\u00a0Lonyangapuo\u00a0has urged President Uhuru Kenyatta to order forceful disarmament in Kerio Valley to end an upsurge of killings in the region. Prof\u00a0Lonyangapuo\u00a0was angered by the unending banditry attacks along the common borders of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-914903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-headlines"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=914903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/914903\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=914903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=914903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=914903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}