Five politicians appear before NCIC over raging inter-ethnic clashes in Tana River
Five politicians are being questioned in connection with the Tana River clashes that have led to the death of 19 people.
The leaders are currently at the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) offices after they were summoned last Friday.
NCIC Chair Samuel Kobia during an engagement with the Kenya Editors Guild today confirmed that the five namely Tana River County Woman Representative Amina Dika Abdullahi, former Woman Representative Rehema Hassan, Bura MP Yakub Adow Kuno, Galole MP Hiribae Said Buya, and Bangale Ward Representative Jibril Mahamud Farah had obeyed the summons.
He disclosed together with two commissioners they had visited the Kitui-Tana River county border for an assessment of the incessant clashes and insecurity.
NCIC, in collaboration with other government agencies, has launched investigations into the inter-commnity conflict which has forced residents to flee in fear of further attacks.
Numerous homes have also been torched as retaliatory attacks from both communities persist.
Hundreds of people continue fleeing the unrest, leaving behind abandoned homes, and schools have been closed because of the ongoing unrest in Bangale Sub-County.
Deputy Inspector General of Police Eliud Lagat warned that the police are in the final stages before arresting several suspects in connection with the inter-clan clashes.
“Those people who are fueling those clashes, I can assure you that tutawakamata wanaochochea hivi karibuni and they will face the full force of the law.” Lagat warned.
The conflict is said to have erupted after the Tana River County government allocated land to flood victims from the Tana River to higher areas.
