Whats behind the violence in Kenyas Marsabit region?
\u201cI lost a schoolgirl. Eleven-year-old. My first-born daughter. She was just killed in cold blood \u2013 simply because of her ethnicity.\u201d\n \nMarsabit in Kenya is a frontier district which borders Ethiopia. \n \nBecause it\u2019s arid, water is scarce \u2013 and over the years the two main communities living there have clashed over resources and politics.\n \nBut now the violence has reached a new level: with children and city dwellers killed. There\u2019s concern that weapons and disputes are being imported from across the border with Ethiopia.\n \nSo the government has introduced a month long curfew \u2013 and a police operation, backed by the army - to search for and confiscate the illegal arms. It says it\u2019s concerned the weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists.
In response to allegations that they\u2019ve used excessive force during the crackdown, the Kenyan Police Service has asked for the community\u2019s patience, while the interior minister stressed that the operation would be \u2018painful but necessary\u2019.
Africa Daily\u2019s Alan Kasujja spoke to the BBC\u2019s Emmanuel Igunza during his visit to the area.
Presenter: Alan Kasujja (@kasujja)