There is renewed inter-clan fighting in a village in Marsabit County.
There are fears the fighting may escalate following the killing of three people on November 14 in Kalo area.
The war now pits the Gabra and Rendile clans,which live in the Kanji area, police said.
Police have attributed the new clashes to fight over resources including grazing fields and water.
The first body of one Roba Qanchora, 40 was found on a grazing field with bullet wounds. Police said they also recovered two more bodies in the same area with bullet wounds.
Contingents of police were deployed to the area and efforts to contain the fighting were ongoing amid fears of more clashes.
The clashes have been remerging and there are more concerns they will be persistent following reports most clans are now armed in the area.
The region is facing continuous attacks and counter attacks from gunmen over political differences and inter-communal clashes.
Dozens of people have been killed and others displaced.
The government had launched an operation in the area in May
in tandem with a disarmament exercise targeting illegal guns and ammunition.
This was after the National Security Council had decided to launch ‘Operation Rejesha Amani Marsabit’ following incessant inter-ethnic attacks that have defied peace initiatives and the lapse of the 30-day window sought by county leaders to secure reconciliation.
Special forces from different police units were among troops deployed to conduct a month-long operation for illegal guns and ammunition.
The animosity between the Borana and Gabra communities on the other hand has progressively boiled over amid concerns over political leaders who have frustrated previous attempts to pacify the area.
Rival groups have also been armed and transformed into competitive political militias meting out violence on innocent civilians in what has become one the costliest security challenges in the country.
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