State told to double fight on banditry

She added that investigations should be conducted, and officers found to be sympathisers of the bandits flushed out.

"Someone is sleeping on their job. If government resources have been dispatched to the region, why are we not seeing any change?" posed Ng'elechei.

"Only patriotic officers who mean well for this country should be left to work in the region."

She said officers deployed to Kerio Valley should receive extraneous allowances or more risk allowance due to the nature of their work.

Keiyo North MP Adams Kipsanai urged the government to consider increasing the number of NPRs, who he said will complement the police.

"We are tired of losing our people every day. We are asking that more NPRs be deployed because they have local solutions that will greatly help in this case," said Kipsanai.

Marakwet West MP Timothy Kipchumba said Kerio Valley residents have been neglected by successive regimes.

"It is a shame that every regime has failed to silence the guns in the valley. It is time that this government ends this menace," said the lawmaker.

Governor Wisley Rotich, who had last month threatened to arm his residents if the security agencies do not contain the situation, said that the government should be intentional about bringing a lasting solution to the menace because it is hindering development.

AIC Bishop David Kipsoi said the church has a role in ending cattle rustling.