Comments on: Historical context of Isiolo/Samburu raids/violence

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By: sura mbaya

sura mbaya — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:34:05 +0000

Oh dear, I never thought of the Pokot as ‘closer’ to the Turkana. In fact, I always thought Turkana are ‘closer’ to Iteso and to Joluo. It nice to learn something new. Thank you.

By: kwenda kabisa

kwenda kabisa — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:09:43 +0000

One thing that no one has mentioned so far is that the Pokot are classified as Kalenjin though they are closer to the Turkana(think of the statement “The Rift Valley should never be divided”). This is what enabled them to get hold of guns in the 90′s. Moi armed them for “security” reasons. The Turkana and Samburu were disarmed in the same time since they had had access to guns from Sudan and Somalia and also after some ugly fights over watering holes. The only people who are armed in the region are the Pokot and the Somali’s. Once you have a gun the high cattle prices in Southern Sudan…just the perfect setting for cattle raids!

By: orangasli

orangasli — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:24 +0000

Thanks for the additional material. I begin to understand. Sort of. So the claim is that Pokot raiding of Samburu livestock is in reality a business enterprise that has over the years been ran by government administrators. And that attempts at disarming the Samburu without doing likewise to their rivals/competitors has been intended to make the Pokot/Somali raids easier. What a crying shame!

By: Ory Okolloh

Ory Okolloh — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 21:25:34 +0000

On the Samburus, some bought others were nomads (based on my source).

By: KE

KE — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:13:49 +0000

It’s interesting to read that state sanctioned tribal clashes were stepped up in the early 1990′s as this was also when we started seeing (for the first time)tribal clashes in the rift valley between the Kikuyu and Kalenjin and those were also state sanctioned.

When the Samburu were moving into Laikipia in the 1980′s, did they have title deeds to buy the land or were they just roaming the area with their cattle in search of grass and water? I can’t imagine pastrolists like the Samburu having enough money to buy those large ranches in Laikipia. Those ranches are owned by white people who stole during colonialism or by Kenyan politicians who stole after independence.

RPG’s?? Pokots have RPG’s? that’s very dangerous.

Outside of Nairobi, Kenya remains a very primitive country.