Two cattle herders beaten by angry residents in Kitui

Two cattle herders from Garissa county were on Wednesday morning beaten by angry residents of Kakungu area, Kyuso sub county, Kitui county.

The herders who are nursing serious injuries at Mwingi level 4 hospital were been accused by the residents for invading their farms.

Kyuso sub county commissioner Faith Shaban has confirmed that Mahamud Ibrahim and Hassan Ibrahim are admitted at Mwingi level 4 hospital following the injuries they sustained after they were attacked by the angry residents.

The herders who were grazing camels are accused by the residents for grazing the animals in the residents farms which had been cultivated.

The two who were seriously injured were among a group of five other herders from Garissa who sustained minor injuries after they managed to escape the attack.
Fight erupted after the herders started a quarrel with residents after they were found grazing in the farms.

Commissioner Shaban has added that investigations have been launched to search for the people who attacked the herders.