Why Kapedo is thorn in flesh of State, residents

For close to a century now, the controversy surrounding Kapedo, the border town between the Baringo and Turkana counties, has remained a thorn in the flesh of both the locals and the Government.

Those who openly lay claim on the volatile border become victims of merciless bandits who have turned the deadly stretch into a killer border, often pitting the Pokot community against the Turkana.