Turkana: KDF Drone Captures Bandits Loitering In Open Field As They Enjoy A Drink In Kainuk

• The government intensified efforts to restore peace in the restive north rift region under Operation Maliza Uhalifu
• Utilising all available resources, the Kenya Defence Forces(KDF) have focused on tracking bandit activities across the vast region
• A KDF drone captured suspected bandits in shrubs, revealing four armed individuals casually conversing and taking sips from a shared mug

Didacus Malowa, a journalist at TUKO.co.ke, brings over three years of experience covering politics and current affairs in Kenya.

Turkana - The government has stepped up its efforts to restore peace and order in the restive north rift region.

Under the umbrella of Operation Maliza Uhalifu, the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) and National Police Service have continued flashing out bandits from their hideouts.

The KDF have availed everything at their disposal in a bid to track bandit activities in the vast region.

In a video shared by Nation, one of KDF's drones captured a group of suspected bandits lurking in the shrubs.

The drone's camera zoomed in to show four people armed with guns standing as they casually talked.

They kept conversing as everyone had a sip of a substance in a mug, which they passed among themselves.

The men appeared to have noticed the camera before walking off the camera's view as it slowly zoomed out.

Kithure Kindiki declares 6 Counties hit by banditry safe

In August, after months of deploying different security strategies in the North Rift, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki reported good progress.

While appearing before the National Assembly Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security, Kindiki said the security operation yielded a peaceful wild North.

"The Joint National Police Service and Kenya Defence Forces Maliza Uhalifu Operation in the North Rift Valley Region initiated five (5) months ago, has been successful and yielded a peaceful and relatively calm environment in the six (6) Counties of Turkana, Baringo, West Pokot, Laikipia, Elgeyo Marakwet and Samburu," Kindiki reported.

The Interior CS said the joint security operation comprising officers from the Kenya Defence Forces and other police units apprehended criminals and recovered weapons from suspected bandits.

A month later, Kindiki issued a shoot-to-kill order against criminals who target security officers or camps.

"In the fight against banditry and livestock theft, the multi-agency security officers will target individual criminals," Kindiki said.