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Banditry: Families heed directive to leave homes

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki and Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Abdi Hassan during Sunday's tour to assess the progress of security operation against bandits. [File, Standard]

Over 500 families in Samburu County's Lolmolok and Longewan areas have followed a government directive to leave 27 bandit-infested areas within 24 hours.

On Sunday Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said the government has decided to upmarket the security operation against bandits which will "require new measures".

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