Samburu governor calls for compensation over livestock deaths

Samburu Governor Lati Lelelit has called on the national government to compensate 43 families whose livestock were killed during an ongoing security operation in the county, with losses estimated at KSh 70 million. Speaking at Archers' Post Police Station, where he accompanied affected families to lodge formal reports, Lelelit claimed that more than 700 livestock were shot dead by police officers conducting the operation. He called for investigations to establish the circumstances that led to the killing of the livestock. The governor says an estimated 15,000 people from four wards where the operation is ongoing have been displaced.