RESIDENTS DENY GRAZING RIGHTS: TENSIONS BETWEEN POKOT PASTORALISTS AND LOCALS

People from Kween and Bukwo districts have denied Pokot pastoralists access to graze in their districts, accusing them of having committed atrocities like killings, animal theft, land grabbing and grazing in people ‘s gardens. The third division commander Maj. Gen Don Williams Nabasa convened a security meeting at Lokales sub county Amudat district, Pokot leaders pleaded with the Sabinys to be allowed to graze but in vain.