Governor visits violence-hit villages, calls for lasting solution to conflicts

Tana River, Kenya: Governor Hussein Dado has said ethnic Pokomo and Orma tribes must agree to co-exist for lasting peace to be achieved.

The two communities attacked each other two years ago, leaving more than 100 people dead and property worth thousands of shillings destroyed.

Speaking at Ngao village on Thursday, where he donated Sh5 million to the Tana River Beekeeping Cooperative Society, Mr Dado praised the prevailing peace among the communities and added that a lasting solution for the hostilities in the area needs to be found.

Ngao was one of the villages hardest hit by the 2012 violence.

Maintain peace

Dado said lasting peace will foster development in the remote and impoverished area and announced that a meeting between the pastoralist and the farming tribes would be convened to discuss peace and reconciliation.

“You cannot continue disagreeing for your entire life. People must maintain peace,” he warned.

Tana Delta sub-county Commissioner Mike Kimoko said peace and security have been restored in the area and asked those who fled their homes during the 2012 violence to return to their homes.

The governor announced that in collaboration with the Ministry of Water, piped water from River Tana would soon be provided .

He added over Sh200 million has been set aside to improve healthcare services in the county.