Kenyan Lawmakers Call for Army Action in Tana

Members of Parliament have filed a motion to deploy the Kenya Defence Forces to the Tana Delta region where tit-for-tat revenge attacks involving pastoralists and farmers have left more than 110 people dead and 5,000 displaced.

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  • Kenya:   Lawmakers Seek Army Deployment in Tana

    The Star, 12 September 2012

    MPs have initiated a motion in Parliament to deploy the military in Tana River to quell ethnic clashes that have so far claimed the lives of over 110 people and displaced 5,000.… Read more »

A man stands on the ashes of one of the houses set ablaze by attackers in Tana River County.

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