Houses in Dukana being rebuild by women after they were torched during last week ethnic clashes. Photo: BHB Chalbi Radio
Women in Dukana location North Horr Constituency Marsabit county, are actively building their houses that were burnt down last week. This was after a chaotic week, which witnessed massive destruction of property and displacement of people between two warring communities Gabbra and Wayu.
According to reports by the County Commissioner (CC) James Kamau, 766 people were displaced, more than 30 houses burnt, affecting a total of over 80 families in Dukana Location.
In the recent development, the displaced families have reunited with their loved ones, as situation slowly getting to normalcy, with the women peacefully rebuilding the torched houses in their areas.
Additionally, students have resumed classes, as the men and youths of the community patrol to ensure that no intruder interferes with calmness currently being witnessed in the area.
On Saturday, families being hosted at Catholic Mission started vacating the place after peace was reportedly slow returning in the area. The families were receiving food relief from both county and national governments and other stakeholders.
The peaceful settlement comes when reports from the area indicated that one house was torched on Saturday, May 24, after unknown people came using from the back of the house and burnt it down, as the owner was at his mother’s place that evening.
During the commotion, residents claimed that the police at the scene dispersed them and allegedly beating them up, leading to one person sustaining injury from the incident.
The area has witnessed unrest in the past few weeks, despite calls, meetings and workshops calling on promoting of peace among the residents, which ahs left four people dead. Security agencies in the area have declared that the security patrols in the area will continue until the main suspects are chained, and the guns used during the heinous acts are recovered.
In bid of returning peace in the county, security committee in Dukana planned a meeting to educate residents on peaceful methods of resolving conflict through dialogue and mediation.
According to a member of the peace committee, Kizito Konchora Abduba, there is need for elders from the two conflicting communities to sit down and seek a lasting solution.
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