BLOOD AND CATTLE: Kenya's military (KDF) deployed to deal with bandits terrorising the North Rift.

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Жыл бұрын

Banditry in Baringo, Turkana, West Pokot, Samburu, Elgeyo /Marakwet and Laikipia Counties has been a problem for many government administrations to deal with for decades. In an effort to restore law and order, dozens of security personnel sent to the difficult region have died.
Enock Sikolia looks at why the Kenya Defence Forces were sent after bandits and why is not an easy ride.

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@ngulamujonathan2039 Жыл бұрын

The edits. 🔥The story telling. 🔥

@niqfisher9171 Жыл бұрын

Mmmh the edits are fire...u still ddnt get the message...u are impressed by sideshows as a resident of this area... i know the lives lost on a daily.. uts much more thn these edits n story telling ...

@nevillemusyoka-nd6py 3 ай бұрын

Definately

@josephkagwi9096 Жыл бұрын

Great work as always, God bless the work of your hands Mr. Enock Sikolia.

@edwardkorir3774 Жыл бұрын

Good work...weldone Mr.Historian

@annkinyua1791 Жыл бұрын

Great Job Kenyan Historian...SIkolia, always looking forward to new productions

@Ashrafbillaltkn Жыл бұрын

Exceptional Piece. Great Work Enock Shikoli

@ginnetelubanga5447 Жыл бұрын

That is some awesome content there Enock. Kudos

@vonmaina Жыл бұрын

great work!!! I appreciate this eye opening report so much

@alfredwanga7850 3 ай бұрын

Enock you are on top notch keep it up

@muniurimiru1955 Жыл бұрын

Exceptional work! Keep it up. 🙏

@philipngure7045 Жыл бұрын

Only one thing escapes my attention. Has the military now made any difference? I always hear that bandits have killed! Why don't you tell us when the bandits have been killed. It gives us confidence that our Kdf are succeeding.

@willynjagi8300 Жыл бұрын

Insightful and complex , we brace up to be people of peace and love among one another

@waiganjokelvin2283 3 ай бұрын

There was a security report about 2018 that said the pokots have 1 billion in arming themselves for a decade ending on 2016. Great stuff

@susanogolla3030 Жыл бұрын

🎉❤❤may GOD strengthen your work love you guys

@anthonyn5385 Жыл бұрын

Military might alone rarely solves insurgencies that are embedded within civilian communities unless underlying grievances like a right to education, jobs, food security etc are also addressed. Failure to do so could see this military operation drag on for years.

@KenyanHistorian Жыл бұрын

I totally agree. I have a feeling after the exercise we will be back to where we were after just a few months...

@oliverkeverenge9819 11 ай бұрын

Then you haven't heard much about the Mt. Elgon scenario, have you? Millitary intervention works if it's brutal enough to achieve permanent deterrence. Previous police interventions in these castle rustling areas failed to achieve deterrence because they were not brutal enough to cultivate fear. Their lack of capacity, in fact, leaves these bandits motivated and more confident in their abilities. How do you think colonialists conqured those they colonized, or those who achieve success in coups do it? They leave no stone unturned, using their millitary capacity to not only win, but completely terrify the enemy to a level of deterrence. On a smaller scale, that explains why caning was effective in schools, with the more brutal a teacher was in caning, the more fear and respect they amassed.

@LogelanIsaac 8 ай бұрын

Bak in 2010, my father lost his amels and goats in kakongu after an attak by bandits from pokot. He barely survived. But i thank god he is still alive

@daviegats7182 Жыл бұрын

Exceptional journalism

@ephraimblack5578 Жыл бұрын

May Jesus keep our Police and solder's safe. Amen 🙌🏽🇰🇪

@johnsensserwadda9699 Жыл бұрын

Thanks President Ruto for acting upon this problem atleast..When i was growing up in Central Uganda,my Dad had over 250heads of cattle but gradually lost most of them to cattle rustlers whose activities went on unabated by the Govt and Police..we formed some vigilante village groups wic wud dissolve during school time as most of us the young boys wud go back to boarding school..I had a close attachment to some 2 very humble heifers that were later stolen during one of our school terms..I cried my eyes out on learning abt this and to this day,my pain is as fresh as it was over 15yrs ago.Our Ugandan govt has not done much to stop the vice in Central Uganda for reasons they know best much as this doesn't happen in the West where cattle are much more less protected by families...I will always miss our dear cattle and dont know how to dissolve my anger towards this Govt for doing more less nothing to fix this problem in my region..Thanks KDF and President Ruto for acting,only those that have lost some animals can know the true excruciating pain of losing them..Don't think iwill ever forget and forgive.

@robbinsleshira2329 Жыл бұрын

Hes doing nothing so stop praising an illegitimate president..... Hes part of the reason why our state security is as it is

@derickooko7545 Жыл бұрын

As long as you never drop standards,you going places💯

@catholicchurchke7294 Жыл бұрын

Amazing work bro👏👏👏

@milkanjenga4188 Жыл бұрын

Goverment to enroll Education in this places...This ppls knws nothing ndo maana they can run the day n night .Good job Enock.

@alkebulansenteusenteu640 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely the worst way to face what you call bandits. This is not Elshabaab, they have no battalion, formidable arms and neither do they have units. This are small cells in avery vast area. I guarantee you, they will not find arms or anyone to fight, because those we call bandits have already intergraded with people in urban areas until the KDF which is just flexing its muscles for shore off is gone. They have played this game before, they have seen this scene before. Which idiot will wait for death. Please form barracks there, not one or two , as many as it's needed, and equip those soldiers to the teeth and let the soldiers do humanitarian stuff like building school or basically developing this area. This will be a permanent solution, otherwise the commander in chief is misadviced just like all the others before him.

@solomonkisakui8971 Жыл бұрын

Nice information bro .for now the kdf have presence of military formations in baringo turkana wajir and this are all new military brigades

@wandiaflorence7712 Жыл бұрын

God protect our Soldiers. Sirs I salute you.

@kennyken6467 Жыл бұрын

Awesome quality production. Keep up the good work.

@dansonkinuthia594 Жыл бұрын

Would you give me your email please

@Rhymesandtunes Жыл бұрын

Amazing...huyu enock hukua gwiji wa storytelling

@_Ramah_011 Жыл бұрын

💯Love your videos bro 🤝🏿❤️

@emanuelluka9779 10 ай бұрын

Enock Shikora👌

@abdulhukabonsora3435 Жыл бұрын

Great collection... you should do one on the shifta war..

@also_raymond 2 ай бұрын

Such a great piece. Can you kindly do a current look at Kenya's growth of the military, including Special Operations and a look at the increased military budget. Also a highlight of Kenya's position with Somalia and Alshabaab if you can. Great video Enock

@exploredworld9378 Жыл бұрын

Great content😊

@deanrichardson3576 Жыл бұрын

God Almighty bless you all Kenny!! I pray that God Almighty will give you strength like King David fight!! Praise God almighty, praise God almighty ameeeeen amen all praise to JAH the Almighty

@Muragwaphotos Жыл бұрын

Your editor is the best

@mansoormannix1753 Жыл бұрын

You know I am good in Geography, Suguta valley is the lowest part in Kenya, surrounded by platou in the bedrock of the great rift valley. The great rift valley cut from Jordan through red sea and join the boundary plate Nubian plate and Somali plate which which is known as Divergent fault which is splitting apart one inch a year... All mountain ranges platou and lakes within the bedrock of the rift are either an active volcano or extinct volcano including Lake Naivasha, L. Elementaita, L. Nakuru, Lake Baringo, Lake Bogoria, L. Kamnarok, L. Turkana, L. Natron, L. Tanganyika, L. Kivu, L. Magadi. The great rift valley is known as geological active. Correct me where I went wrong. Thank you.

@musa1420 Жыл бұрын

Great work as usual

@janendegwa5462 Жыл бұрын

The police college needs to be removed from kiganjo and brought here to suguta valley

@JohnTimar-tw5pu Жыл бұрын

Believe me, Kenya police are only trained to harass civilians but not do such tasks. They are totally useless.

@TheRonoTV2024 Жыл бұрын

During the 1982 failed coup attempt,it is documented that then President Moi,in the event the coup plotters succeeded,was to retreat to the Kerio valley and wage a rebel war against the Coup plotters. This lays credence to the notion that politicians,especially the Kalenjin ones are very reluctant to support disarmament efforts since they believe that the armed civilians in their areas are like a 'rebel force in waiting' should the need arise.

@vicetech2920 Жыл бұрын

Could be true

@dicksonmaloba2956 Жыл бұрын

We knew that long ago....huyu zakayo asitupepe kama mafala

@kennedybutiko7651 Жыл бұрын

Good one from you bro

@dansonkinuthia594 Жыл бұрын

great work sir

@KenyanHistorian Жыл бұрын

Many many thanks. Much appreciated sir.

@dansonkinuthia594 Жыл бұрын

Would you forward me your email please??

@bernardkiplagat4463 Жыл бұрын

That's what happens when a gvt marginalizes a section of the country while developing the other. It's sad, a multifaceted solution is required

@ramonvalentino Жыл бұрын

Good 👍

@billyongus344 Жыл бұрын

No need to use mid range artillery to fight rustlers,their modus operandi is hit and run,they are constantly moving and have no permanent base or post.The most effective is 60mm mortar less cumbersome and easier to handle..reinforment from attack helicopters or armed drones.

@KenyanHistorian Жыл бұрын

I agree. Those bandits rely on their mastery of the terrain to survive. Guerilla style.

@sammysammy2001 8 ай бұрын

Munaaibu yani jeshi ya kenya inapigwa na waizi siamini😢😢

@pastorlijina 3 ай бұрын

Police ni tofauti na jeshi

@mutaiarapsang2203 Жыл бұрын

I imagine home, I imagine loved ones losted everday

@viva0015 8 ай бұрын

This means that they have hierarchies and funding

@maxwellmutanya Жыл бұрын

Great work Kenyan Historian. But my question is what is the army and all its heavy arterially doing in Suguta and Kapedo when the killing and cattle rustling is still rampant in those areas.

@reubentv2948 Жыл бұрын

Not easy. They are like terrorist. Cannot be killed and be silenced in one week or month.

@sjsm8578 Жыл бұрын

It's a force multiplier

@kip101000 Жыл бұрын

We kenyans are the least patient people on the plant .

@Wambundo Жыл бұрын

You can't know that when you're sitted at the comfort of your sofa

@makundaleslie9910 Жыл бұрын

The operation is not officially handed over the Army its under the police the army is just supporting/helping then

@Bazukaa001 Жыл бұрын

RECRUIT THIS BOYS TO MILITARY

@jimmykariuki4340 Жыл бұрын

What's happening,the bandits are still there.

@koechleonardkibet6757 Жыл бұрын

commercialization of banditry is the greatest hindrance to these operations

@davidkimani9168 Жыл бұрын

👍👍👍

@funneybozzen5080 10 ай бұрын

Bunduki wanapata wapi Kwa kijiji ama Kwa msitu

@maiyotechs8617 Жыл бұрын

top notch vido recording

@octagon1915 Жыл бұрын

The mountain of HELL in West pokot. But enable CS Kindiki will flat it

@marehemudanielarapmoi6424 Жыл бұрын

The land is harsh but stunningly beautiful. Organized cattle ranching, wildlife conservation and tourism would thrive here. But the government must put an end to nomadic pastoralism as a way of life. It encourages lawlessness, illiteracy, and totally senseless way of life. Criminal behavior is expected if people who just roam the wilderness all year round carrying weapons and with no fixed home!..

@leonardodiembo543 Жыл бұрын

When I was at the university, I did a Unit on Bandits & it was known as Bandits & Banditry in East Africa. It explained to me the reasons as to why Bandits exists. I must say that whatever you hear in the News is far away from the truth.

@dorahwanjiku Жыл бұрын

What did the unit say

@leonardodiembo543 Жыл бұрын

@@dorahwanjiku The Government should have taken Development projects & Industries to the North Rift instead of the military... That would have solved half of the problems the people in the North are facing. Banditry is a result of Poverty & Neglect by the G.O.K since independence....

@lelejukdavid551 Жыл бұрын

@@leonardodiembo543 You're right Mr. Odiembo.... Improving infrastructure and accessibility to basic social amenities will have half of the banditry problem solved.

@leonardodiembo543 Жыл бұрын

@@lelejukdavid551 yes, banditry has been fueled by competition over resources, particularly water and grazing land. It can be seen in Northern Uganda, the border between Kenya & Ethiopia, south Sudan, Somalia & Tanzania. You will notice that in these regions their governments forgot about them & so what remains of them is just cattle, nothing more or less & so cattle is the only resource not even water or any other natural resource. These are the groups that grow into something else known as the "separatists" & if they are not taken care of early enough they automatically graduate from regional threat to national threat in form of a militias or rebel groups for example "Joseph Konyi"

@Jinakubwasafaris Жыл бұрын

I like your camera

@EmmanuelMwenda-cn6ps 3 ай бұрын

Hw do you expect military 🪖 to fight terrorist,while angry, poor working environment, no weapons. No salaries

@alexnjenga8184 Жыл бұрын

Great work but i think there's someone in within the gvt or very powerful person from outside doing this business, coz it's easy to trace cattles even in deeper forest, iko kitu

@Bazukaa001 Жыл бұрын

WHAT OUR T.V DON'T SHOW US NICE JOB CAMERA MAN

@lolminganisaipanyu6639 Жыл бұрын

All Kenyans are special who lost their lives....

@Rasmajnoon Жыл бұрын

Well that operation has gone silent

@alfredmaina9357 Жыл бұрын

wee mzee

@ahmedshukri2659 Жыл бұрын

So, Pokots are high value targets, right

@mohameddahir2149 Жыл бұрын

Not harsh than North Eastern province because some places have tarmac roads while North Eastern has no tarmac and 40 degress .

@Kenmirie Жыл бұрын

General purpose machine gun😂 DJ Afro kumbe anajua hizi maneno..

@vincentkipkorir9262 Жыл бұрын

He was once a soldier akiskia ile sauti ya gungooster akagiveup

@richieentertainmentkenya3 Жыл бұрын

Ero hii area yetu y SAMBURU hakuna kitu hii kdf wanafanya sawa

@qalbiabdullahi8335 Жыл бұрын

It's movie actions. The real pullet it's different. And Kenyan army are the most weaknesses army in earth

@tedypedy5793 Жыл бұрын

Where do they get guns from?

@misskumiat Жыл бұрын

What's the success rate of this mission honestly?

@mtv211_ Жыл бұрын

What's their demands

@achiadennis8056 Жыл бұрын

Very old equipment

@bonelesskenya Жыл бұрын

Could the Britain soldiers be the ones training the pokots millitary tactics?

@user-sn9wf7fk7s Ай бұрын

Sauti yako inavutia bro na pia kingereza chako

@katananzaro8721 Жыл бұрын

Why not setup a barrack or two in these troubled places?

@janendegwa5462 Жыл бұрын

Ati terrorizing how many people have been killed by those terrorist till people in Laikipia ask why can't they just graze their animals and leave them alone but they don't

@brother.jamesmarongo2777 3 ай бұрын

Bandits are protected by politicians. Nonsense

@nicholasmacharia3102 Жыл бұрын

The government should reduce on giving speeches and act mercilessly.

@ruddle-tango Жыл бұрын

Kenya's army appears professional, however why so many types of assault rifles? AKs, M4s, SCARS, G3s... Don't they have a standard???

@Simon_Nzioki 8 ай бұрын

G3 was the standard rifle since independence, AKs were adopted when Yugoslavia collapsed and they were selling everything at a throw away price, FN SCARs were adopted when US Army Rangers was training Kenyan Ranger Taskforce, initially it was to replace G3 and AKs but they realised it wasn't worth it spending $30 million on acquisition of rifles when you can use the same amount to build a small arms factory to manufacture M4 carbines The mixture would most probably cause logistical nightmare in a full out war, but I believe with time M4 will replace the rest, the FN SCAR might be confined to special forces while the G3 will be used for ceremonial purposes, but if it was upto me I would prefer them to adopt AK series and get license to produce AK-12, I just have a love for Soviet weapons.

@AhmednassirNassir 2 ай бұрын

Huko kuna hitaji drone

@lameckorido8224 Жыл бұрын

What's the name of the operation ❤

@djkellyb5539 3 ай бұрын

Kainame kainuke veve base operation

@juliuswachira1379 Жыл бұрын

Kindiki is just irrational and Liability

@benwaangetich3618 Жыл бұрын

polisi wameshindwa ama

@Bazukaa001 Жыл бұрын

OR KENYA IS FIGHTING M23 REBELS

@JohnTimar-tw5pu Жыл бұрын

Stop calling 'old pieces of metal' 'heavy artilleries'!

@KenyanHistorian Жыл бұрын

The art of artillery has never changed... If you read more you will understand. I was with the British army and they still employ 105 howitzers... Read more on artilleries... As old as they may be, they are still effect in modern warfare...

@yusufahmed3755 Жыл бұрын

using artillery against cattle rustler's...what a shame

@johnsensserwadda9699 Жыл бұрын

Did yu want them to use knives???Get serious...until yu lose a loved one to this banditry,then you'll realise how serious it is.

@imutimwiti7606 Жыл бұрын

Give them salary of 20k then send them to Somalia.

@rategosolomons1921 Жыл бұрын

Show us results, not heavy artillery

@kkir5004 Жыл бұрын

War on bandits is a joke. How can you fight what you cannot see. Get your little city boys out of that valley.

@josphatkiploman5084 8 ай бұрын

War

@carthodblade8438 Жыл бұрын

Drone attack can work even better

@samuelkaranja.5788 Жыл бұрын

Cant they use a drone?

@TheRonoTV2024 Жыл бұрын

Drones are useless nowadays. They(bandits) move under vegetative cover. Again the area is soooo vast to use drones. Drones are best for CQB.(Close Quater Combat).

@kkir5004 Жыл бұрын

Bandits are regularly people, banditry is a mentality or " way of life" ask yourself how often do you hear of drone striking a corrupt politician or official.

@Dqtube Жыл бұрын

@@TheRonoTV2024 There are drones equipped with thermal cameras and lidars so you can see through the vegetation, but these are expensive. Because if you want to use them over long distances, you also have to have some sort of mobile operations center to communicate with them.

@Desert-wolf.28 4 ай бұрын

Iran has such drones with a range of 2500km and it is cheap but Kenya still under western rule and our leaders are they are puppets

@robbinsleshira2329 Жыл бұрын

GPMG is simply a big gun in kenyans minds...... Talk abt M249 or 240B those are the real machine guns.... Be well guided 😊

@TheRonoTV2024 Жыл бұрын

If this banditry issue is not solved permanently,it will metamorphose into an insurgency. It started as a cultural activity then into a commercial activity. Soon,a disgruntled politician might decide to use these people as rebels and militia like is the situation in Chad and South Sudan in the past. In the Kerio valley counties of Baringo,E/Marakwet and Westpokot it is estimated by Amnesty International that there are over 500K guns(assault rifles) in the hands of civillians. This is true bearing in mind that most households in the region have an average of 3 gun with others having over 15 depending on the family size. Those are enough to start an insurgency.

@beatiememokosgei9671 Жыл бұрын

Very true

@mrbeast911 Жыл бұрын

Politicians already sponsor banditry in Kenya and clan battles. This is well known. My best friend was a masaai in highschool and he used to tell us on how their governor used to supply arms to their rival clan to raid them and fight for land.

@IGNATIUSLUMITI-vq4co Жыл бұрын

No g

@briansakwah5696 2 ай бұрын

The edits

@maggamarkus3085 Жыл бұрын

There is a lot of repetition in your reports

@RKBro-jr1ts Жыл бұрын

Bandits are stronger than trained kdf soldiers with today's generation weapons hilarious

@footballchannel1378 Жыл бұрын

Our NPS are stronger than them.The only problem is that some politicians (current and former ). Also some individuals in the forces leak the information to the bandits.

@KevinMomanyi-ws9zm Жыл бұрын

When they sale cattle to big City I thought there is raod black and police should know where are this cows going...

@jamesmuriithi7121 Жыл бұрын

😅

@edwardonyaoking8173 Жыл бұрын

Bandits have won. Wako more powerful weapons than kdf soldiers. Know terrain well. Wako food and intelligence report positions za kdf soldiers. Wata destroy kdf immediately. That why kdf never been able to win

@CoolBoy-kq1kq Жыл бұрын

Kdf r still under police commands..