The heat is on again among Kenyan pastoralists over what the media has termed “clashes over water and pasture”. Kenyans and their government are overwhelmed in thought and action as if the violence was unanticipated.

What happened in Kanampio village along the border of Samburu Central and Laikipia North districts and recent skirmishes in Isiolo, Samburu, Laikipia, Turkana and other pastoralist areas is nothing new or unexpected. Read more...