PROVINCIAL PEACE FORUM (PPF) – RIFT VALLEY

SAMBURU CENTRAL GET-OUT-THE-VOTE (GOTV) PROCESS

LAIKIPIA PEACE CARAVAN INITIATIVE REPORT

JULY 20th – 30th, 2010

REPORT COMPILED BY:

Walter Mwania

Provincial Peace Forum (PPF)

Rift Valley Province

P.O.BOX 28-20100 Nakuru, Kenya.

Email: walter.mwania@gmail.com

Acronyms and Abbreviations

CBP Community Based Policing

DAI Development Alternatives Incorporated

DC District Commissioner

DPC District Peace Committee

CDF Constituency Development Fund

GOTV Get Out The Vote

IDPs Internally Displaced Persons

KPRs Kenya Police Reservists

MP Member of Parliament

PA Provincial Administration

PC Provincial Commissioner

PPF Provincial Peace Forum

USAID United States Agency for International Development

Table of Contents

Table of Contents 1.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ............................................................................................................... 4

1.1 Get-Out-The-Vote Initiative (GOTV) ............................................................................................ 4

1.2 GOTV Objectives ........................................................................................................................... 4

1.3 GOTV Anticipated Outcomes ....................................................................................................... 4

1.4 The Genesis of the Laikipia Peace Caravan ................................................................................. 5

1.5 Consolidating peace gains through democratic participation ................................................... 5

1.6 Enhancing community dialogue and peaceful coexistence ........................................................ 6

2.0 PEACE, A REALITY OF A MIRAGE? .......................................................................................................... 7

3.0 GET-OUT-THE-VOTE (GOTV) INITIATIVE .............................................................................................. 8

4.0 EMERGING ISSUES ................................................................................................................................ 9

4.1. Highway robbery .......................................................................................................................... 9

4.2. Alternative Livelihood for the Morans ...................................................................................... 11

4.3. Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) ........................................................................................... 11

4.4. Fear ............................................................................................................................................. 13

4.5. Poor Road Networks .................................................................................................................. 14

5.0 THE LEADERS CONSULTATIVE FORUM .................................................................................................. 15

6.0 CONCLUSION ..................................................................................................................................... 17

7.0 WAY FORWARD ................................................................................................................................. 18

1.0 BACKGROUND INFORMATION

1.1 Get-Out-The-Vote Initiative (GOTV)

Samburu West constituency is among the regions that experienced destruction of property and

loss of life during the 2008 Post Election Violence in Kenya. To mitigate politically-motivated

violence, Provincial Peace Forum (PPF)- Rift Valley Province through the support of the

USAID/DAI has facilitated intercommunity dialogue to peacefully address conflicts between the

Pokots and the Samburus in the constituency. PPF has also rolled out a campaign to get the

communities in the region to register as voters as part of enhancing civic participation in

democratic processes. Most recently, PPF has undertaken the Get Out The Vote initiative

(GOTV). GOTV is a build up process to the previous two and is aimed at ensuring that peace

message is reinforced and used to rally voters to embrace peace prior, during and after the

referendum as well as ensuring that voters turn up to vote on August 4, 2010 for the

constitutional referendum.

1.2 GOTV Objectives

The Objectives of the GOTV Activities are, to:

a. Sensitize grassroots communities to exercise their democratic right to vote.

b. Encourage communities to vote peacefully and continue to dialogue and to preserve

peace.

1.3 GOTV Anticipated Outcomes

a. Increased voter turnout during referendum and decrease in hate speech

b. Peaceful Referendum campaigns and pooling

c. Deepened dialogue and peaceful coexistence

The Peace Caravan’s message was twofold: On the one side, they implored upon the residents of

Samburu West Constituency to express their verdict on the Proposed Constitution by turning out

in large numbers to vote. They said, “we have not come to tell you how you should vote, but

whether you are voting yes or no to the proposed constitution, make sure you go out on the

August 4th

2010 and vote.” Besides voting either way, the residents were beseeched to respect

each other’s verdict and maintain peace before, during and after the national referendum.

1.4 The Genesis of the Laikipia Peace Caravan

The Samburu- Pokot conflict is a new phenomenon that is not protracted. The intensity of the

conflict can be traced back to 2006 when Pokots planned an attack on the Samburus at Knutoto

Aros in Lokori Division, Samburu Central District at 4am. Having got a hint of the attack,

Samburu warriors laid an ambush but the Pokots used a different route in attacking. The Pokots

attacked homesteads indiscriminately killing women and children who had been left in the

homesteads “manyattas.” On hearing of the attack on their homesteads, the Samburus responded

by surrounding the Pokots, putting barricades and killing over 70 of them with the rest who

managed to escape seeking refuge in a police station. The Samburus attacked the Pokots with the

tradional weaponry- Spears and Rungus.

To protect themselves from further attacks, the Samburus sought to arm themselves and

incidentally, the Pokots were the source of their gun power. Currently, the Samburus are quite

armed with G3’s, M16, and Antipersonnel with the Pokots monopolizing the use of AK47.

The recent most grievous Samburu –Pokot conflict is the Kanampiu Massacre in which the

Pokots attacked the Sanburus at 5am. The attack led to the loss of lives for women and children

and over 40 Pokots back in 2009. The Laikipia Peace Caravan is traceable to this incident where

by the Professionals from Samburu, Turkana and Pokots came together to facilitate dialogue

among their people towards amicably resolving disputes in their midst. This birthed the fervent

involvement of professionals in peace processes and promoting civic engagement in local,

regional and national democratic processes.

1.5 Consolidating peace gains through democratic participation

The residents of Samburu West Constituency concur that ever since the peace caravan come in to

promote community cohesion and put to an end armed hostilities between the Pokots and the

Samburus, peace has been witnessed. Addressing a public gathering at Suguta Marmar, Peter

Pembe, a member of the peace caravan said, we have come here to encourage you to go out and

vote as well as maintaining peace during and after the referendum. We want Samburus and

Pokots to live together as they lived before.” Speaking in the same meeting, James Lenayiara a

local professional said, “we say thank you (to the Samburu community) for you have embraced

peace. We used to meet because of conflicts asking how many cows have been stolen, how many

people have been killed. But now we are beginning to address issues of our future and our

development.” Mzee Lakono from Lolmoroc said, “we thank the LORD for bringing us peace

and for using these youths from Peace Caravan to bring to us peace tidings.

Lemuna (left), a Samburu Moran affirmed that,

“When there is no peace, we are the ones who go to

war and we suffer, we are killed in the process. When

God has brought us peace and there is no violent

conflicts we say thank you”

The residents too, affirmed that they are now beginning

to reap the fruits of peace. The Grasslands Chairman in East Pokot (Nasur) said, “Ever since you

came here (in reference to the peace caravan), we live well. We have planted crops, this has

never happened before. These are the fruits of peace”

With the Pokots and the Samburus embracing peace, the stage is now set for enhancing their

engagement and participation in democratic processes hence the GOTV. Their informed

participation in democratic processes will inform the choice of their elected representatives who

would be qualified to spearhead development as well as addressing all emerging community

concerns and problems.

1.6 Enhancing community dialogue and peaceful coexistence

Whereas it has been noted that the general perception of the communities in Samburu West

Constituency is that peace has found her way in to the region, there still emerges discontent

among the two dominant communities- the Pokots and the Samburus. The Samburus have

maintained that they have never invaded the Pokots yet the Pokots keep on invading them. This

has continued to instill fear and mistrust among them, a prerequisite for communities to arm

themselves in self defense and attack at the slightest provocation.

At a GOTV cum Peace meeting at Morijo, Margaret Leshimpiro spoke of the women’s bitterness

over the continued loss of Morans to conflicts saying, “Our morans die in battle fields and we

keep on waiting that one day they will come back. On the Turkana side, we have peace. How can

we get peace with the Pokots without talking to them?” This is indicative of the Samburus

willingness and commitment to hold dialogue with their neighbors from East Pokot and address

the issue of continued attacks between the border of Samburu Central District and East Pokot

District. In the same venue, Nderitu Lesaana a Moran Leader put the issue rather bluntly, “we

want to meet with the Pokots. The Morans are not stupid. We want something to do since

violence every time is not good and it is sad that our business with the Pokots has been conflict.

We want to reach levels of trading with the Pokots. If we had something to do there would be no

violence. His colleague Mr. Lazarus Leksuiya added, “When we were attacked and our animals

went, our pride was lost and to regain it we had to go and recover the animals. This breeds a

culture of violence in attacks, revenge and counter attacks. We do not trust Pokot Morans and do

not be cheated that Morans from Samburu and Pokot have peace.”

2.0 PEACE, A REALITY OF A MIRAGE?

One issue which occurred in each and every meeting is the emphasis by members of the public

of the need to have sustainable peace that will guarantee the communities to live without fear of

attacks. This, they insisted is a key precondition for development both at the individual as well as

at the regional level.

At Losuk a women leader (below) spoke and said “As a woman, I feel bad for the deaths we

have had even the deaths of police officers in our midst during conflicts. By a show of hands, let

see those who are committing to

peace (over 500 people, all

present lifted their hands as

show of commitment to peace).

At Lolmorog, a village elder, below stated that, “the war which was here it was only God who

could have stopped it. I participated in the war, I have seen all who were killed and it is not

something

pleasant. We

would not want

to go back to

those dark days

in our history.

Sustainable peace is still farfetched until the issues of cross district attacks by the Pokots from

East Pokot District upon the residents of Samburu Central District are addressed and fully

resolved. This calls for increased cross district collaboration between the District

Commissioners, the area Members of Parliament and the peace actors including the Peace

Caravans, the DPCs, World Vision, CJPC among other actors. Mistrust and fear among the

communities must be dealt with for peace to rooted in the hearts of all the Samburus and Pokots.

3.0 GET-OUT-THE-VOTE (GOTV) INITIATIVE

Through the GOTV initiative, it is believed that peace shall be maintained during and after the

referendum and that communities and individuals shall respect each other’s verdict. The

residents of Samburu West Constituency were encouraged to turn out in large numbers and

express themselves through the vote. The residents were challenged by Joseph Lenanguram that,

“it is not that we are not registered in large numbers, but the problem is that we never get out to

vote.” “The constitution is addressing issues affecting us as pastoralists and either way we vote,

it will have great ramifications on us. Whether we will vote for yes or no, let us express our

decisions through casting our votes. Through turning out in large numbers to vote, we shall make

our voices as pastoralists count in how we want to be governed. This constitution will govern us,

so let us participle in how we want to be governed, said James Lenayiara, a grassroots

professionals with the Peace Caravan. Reacting to the GOTV initiative, a village elder at

Barsaloi said, “if it were possible we would have stopped the referendum and have all people

who are elidgible to vote and have no National Identity Cards acquire the cards and the Voters

cards.” This is indicative of the need to expedite issuance of Identity cards and continued

issuance of Voter registration cards to the pastoral communities.

This pastoral democracy is however challenged by long held traditions that grant men “rights”

over their wives and children. Mr. Neranguram of the Peace Caravan recounted how old men

carry with them the Identity and Voters Cards of all their wives and children. They dictate how

their families vote!

Many women in Samburu are yet to have full control of their lives and freely make decisions

that determine their welfare as women, locally and nationally.

4.0 EMERGING ISSUES

4.1. Highway robbery

Highway robbery was cited as a priority concern for all the residents of Samburu West

Constituency in all the GOTV cum Peace Meetings. Roads mentioned as having high robbery

cases include: Rumuruti –Maralal road; Wamba –Kisima road and Maralal –Baragoi road.

A recent robbery attack was narrated to me by the Chief of Angata Rongai Location at Morijo

that on the On 10th

July 2010, on the Mararal-Baragoi road at Bukui, tourists were hijacked and

robbed off a Laptop, Ksh.12,500.00, clothes, foodstuff, mobiles and expensive wrist watches.

The area Assistant Chief Morijo Sub-Location, OCPD, and KPRs followed up the thugs for three

days upto Oporoi Location (Ndunyu wazi area). The thieves were identified and one of them was

arrested and two are still at large. The Chief Angata Rongai Location said he is liaising with his

counterpart in Oporoi location that they may engage their elders to arrest the culprits. The thieves

had come from another location and it was said that many criminals attacking passengers in

Maralal-Baragoi road come from Barsaloi and Opiroi locations hence the need to enhance cross

location collaboration in peace and security issues. This collaboration according to the Chief of

Angata Rongai Location will, “put to an end people traversing one location to commit crime in

another.” He added that, “criminals and/or raiders attack the Pokots and/or Turkanas and as they

escape through us, we become the primary target for revenge attacks by the Pokots and Turkanas

and we are putting to an end that practice as Chiefs in this region.

In response to the road robbery between Rumuruti –Maralal, Mr. Mwania from the PPF said,

“we know those who are committing crime in our midst. Let us share that information with the

Police, the elders, the DPCs so that together we may eradicate impunity in our midst. Let us no

become complacent in the shedding of innocent blood.”

Mzee Lakono (left), a resident of Lolmoroc responding to the

issue of highway robbery at Suguta Marmar said, “If we have

finished the tribal wars, shall we be defeated by the highway

robbery? He added that, “everything I have (clothes, shoes, buckle

materials) has come through this road and only my “rungu” club is

what has come from Samburu.” He posed, “shall we leave the road

to robbers? We shall find them quipping that, “let us take care that we do not cut the teats of the

cow that gives us milk for by so doing, we shall lose the milk any longer from the cow” in

reference to the services offered by the road. The road has no owner, it belongs to us all. Those

who are hijacking are our enemies, we must get to know where they live and have them

arrested.”

4.2. Alternative Livelihood for the Morans

During the peace processes, the peace actors promised the Morans better lives if they put to an

end conflicts and laid down their guns. The peace caravan was put into task over the pragmatism

of that promise with Tobiko Longongo (left), a Moran from

Lolmoroc saying, “You promised us that if we leave fighting

you will bring us alternative livelihoods. This one you have not

done. As peace caravan, you are here because of us who are not

educated since we fought and that is what brought you here. The

fighting of the uneducated brought you in to resolve the

conflicts with promises of jobs and better lives. If you are not employed, you must look for a

way of life or else end up stealing. We want the KKV and the Youth Fund to reach us so that we

may benefit. You have not incorporated those of us who are not educated in the peace caravan.

Where have you put us in this caravan? We want to be involved in the processes as well as being

facilitated to join the National Youth Service (NYS) and get labor intensive jobs. Do not be like

those who do not want the violence to end so that they may continue benefiting.” In response to

this, Joseph Lenanguram mentioned that the Peace Caravan has approached the President over

the issues of initiating peace dividends in the Northern Parts of Kenya and they were granted

over Kshs.2.5Billion in the 2010-2011 financial year and that they had plans to see to it that the

youth are sufficiently enabled to begin alternative viable micro enterprises.

4.3. Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)

The mention of IDPs in Kenya is only limited to the people fleeing neighboring communities and

the people who were evicted from their farms and places of work following the 2008 Post

Election Violence. It is quite astonishing to realize that we have large numbers of IDPs, in their

thousands in the Northern Part of the Rift Valley Province of Kenya. Only about 30% of the

residents of Morijo Division for instance are currently living in their farms in manyattas

(compacted neighborhoods) for security reasons. This helps explain why a stretch of about 100

Kilometers between Siambu and Morijo is not inhabited and the levels of cattle rearing is quite

minimal.

A vacated neighborhood in Losuk Location on the

border between East Pokot District and Samburu

Central District. The inhabitants of this region are

IDPs in neighboring Locations, Divisions and

Districts (Laikipia West)

In Longewan Location, the issue of IDPs is still widespread and it is after the peace processes

initiated by the Peace Caravan that residents are beginning to come back and settle on their

farms. At Longewan Primary School, I met a standard six pupil,

Michael (left) who recounted to me his experience and said, “I

was a victim of the violence and we had escaped to Laikipia. I

reported to school in May 2010 after this place became

peaceful.”

The Chairman Longewan Primary School Mr. Raita

Lekipukel (left), a soft spoken man shared his experience at the

hands of the invading Pokots. Longewan is near the border with

the East Pokot District. Mr Lekipukel said, “we were attacked by

the Pokots in the year 2006 and as a result, we lost our animals

and our people moved out as IDPs. We were not farming and all we had was lost and that we

were left with was the education for our children. We decided that we must protect and defend

the education of our children. As a community we decided that we will not close this school and

we will not be moved. We chose 20 elders to guard the school day and night in shifts. The

children started boarding in the school even though boarding facilities were not even in place

until we put up two dormitories with the support of the CDF. The pupils were still attacked

within the compound but we are glad that those whom we shielded from the violence are now

progressing well with education and our school is still doing well. After peace, people are

coming back. People are resettling after years of being displaced.”

4.4. Fear

Fear, real or perceived likelihood of attack has the potential to dismantle years of

Peacebuilding and the time and resources thereof in a single day. A community living under

fear of an imminent attack as is the case with the Samburus has to put into place systems for

deterrence and be prepared at all times for war, so peace building though bearing tangible

fruits is based on a shaky ground. Fear renders government efforts to disarm the community

impotent for unless the community is guaranteed of her security from outside attacks, then

she cannot disarm either willingly or forcefully!

The border between East Pokot District and Samburu Central District has been cited as a

highly volatile region and future emphasis on peace building must address the real fears of

the Samburus over attacks from the Pokots.

In the words of Mzee Dakarkar from Lolmoroc (below), he maintained that the Samburus

still live in constant fear of attack by the Pokots. Said he, “People are always being killed

from our side. We do not and have never invaded the Pokots. Ever since we were Morans,

there was no time as many animals were stolen from

us as it happened in 2005. We were brought war by

the Pokots at our door steps and we had to defend

ourselves. We fear that we will be invaded. We were

tired of fighting for five years with over 500 raiders

from Pokot coming to invade us with guns rattling

from 5am to 4pm. We lived in fear not knowing

whether we will live, whether our children will live, whether our animals will be taken away

or not. But now we can sleep without our shoes, our children have gone to school and even

our children can now look after animals by themselves.”

He continues, “Though we have relative peace, we are afraid that we may be provoked into

war by our neighbors, the Pokots. If we agree to end violence, let us not go back to war for

that will erode trust between us. When you go to a place where you were once bitten by a

snake, you are usually alert and you cannot forget. We were bitten by a snake as the

Samburus (in reference to the attacks by the Pokots).

Samburu Morans at Suguta Marmar expressing fear still said, “We are not happy to hear that

Morans from the Pokot are moving around in our forests saying they are looking for wild

honey and we want to meet them and ask them, don’t you have wild honey in your areas?”

Mzee Lentipo at Morijo said, “We are living with Turkanas like friends but we don’t know

how we will live with the Pokots. We have never invaded them but they just keep on

attacking us. We are fearing attacks from the Pokots and this has affected our livelihood

which is cattle rearing. We need the government to give us more security that those who

were evicted and are living as IDPs may come back and that we may rear our animals

without fear.”

4.5. Poor Road Networks

The residents of Samburus Central District decried the poor state of roads in the district and

called on the leadership to expedite rehabilitation of all roads. Speaking on the condition of

the road, Mzee Lentipo at Morijo said “the roads look like cattle paths to water points.” As

the Peace Caravan we got stuck severally until our vehicles developed mechanical problems

due to the poor roads.

5.0 THE LEADERS CONSULTATIVE FORUM

To draw support from all the leaders in the district, a leaders consultative forum was organized

bringing together the office of the District Commissioner, fourteen Chiefs from the fourteen

locations, Assistant Chiefs, Two elders from each location, one woman leader and one youth

leader from each location, representatives of NGOs, Councilors’, Pastors, and nominated M.P.

Hon. Maison Leshomo. The participants were 162 in number and the agenda of the meeting was

to talk to the leaders, some of whom have been opposed to the peace caravan to embrace peace

and support the peace process initiated by the professionals through the office of the Provincial

Commissioner, Rift Valley –PPF.

The participants were introduced to the concept of the

Peace Caravan by Joseph Neranguram (left) after

which Mr. Walter Mwania from the Provincial Peace

Forum (PPF) made an extensive presentation on the

Peace Caravan and the peace processes across the

Province including the Laikipia Peace Caravan, The

Suguta Peace Process, the Kuresoi Peace Caravan and

the Kipkelion Peace Caravan. In his presentation, Mr.

Mwania maintained that the Peace Caravans were an initiative of the Provincial Commissioner

through the peace Department, the Provincial Peace Forum to promote community cohesion as

well as address security concerns through a human face. He stated that the Government’s

previous approach to peace was from a security standpoint and that the government solely used

the gun and force to force people to live together, but she has recently reformed hence the peace

processes aimed at facilitating communities to dialogue and address problems in their midst.

Mr. Mwania (below) further stated that the peace caravan

is a peace initative like any other and the reason as to why

the processes were using the

professionals was to have the

“products” of the affected

communities facilitate dialogue

among their communities

towards amicable resolution of disputes. Bringing professionals from the Pokots, Samburus and

Turkanas in the same vehicles, all talking of the need to embrace peace and put to an end

hostility was considered one of the best strategies for creating an enabling environment for

communities to resolve their disputes.

In the presentation, Mr. Mwania highlighted several crosscutting issues affecting all the members

of the Samburu Central District and insisted that each and every

leader has a responsibility towards addressing them as

highlighted in the grassroots GOTV and Peace public meetings

in the preceding days. These included: The issue of IDPs who

were evicted from their farms by the invading Pokots back in

2006 on how to ensure that they are resettled as well as

ensuring their security once resettled; the issue of Road Robbery in the Rumuruti-Maralal road,

the Maralal-Baragoi road, and Kisima- Wamba roads on how to pacify the roads through leaders

taking responsibility for crime committed within their jurisdiction as well as exposing the

criminals in their midst through enhanced public-police collaboration through the Community

Based Policing (CBP); the issue of providing alternative livelihood to the Morans who are

downing their guns; and the issue of enhancing the conditions of the road networks necessary for

commuting as well as government response to conflicts and raids.

During plenary discussions in the forum, it was agreed that there is a need to streamline all peace

building operations in the District after the DPC, the World Vision and the CJPC Maralal

highlighted their peace work in the region. Such a partnership was said to be important for

purposes of sustaining the peace process.

6.0 CONCLUSION

This report has highlighted the Get Out The Vote (GOTV) initiative cum peace meetings that

took place in Samburu Central District (Samburu West Constituency) on July 20th

-30th

2010. The

GOTV process build upon two previous peace processes in the district, one being a peace

process and the other being a sensitization campaigns to get people to register as voters aimed at

enhancing their participation in democratic processes.

The GOTV initiative increased dialogue among different communities on the need to maintain

peace before, during and after the national referendum on the Proposed Constitution by

respecting each other’s verdict as well as turning out to express ones verdict through voting.

Incidences witnessed in the 2008 Post Election Violence in which violence broke in the District

were not reported in this year’s vote on the national referendum. Calmness has been maintained

in the region and surely the GOTV initiative has achieved her objectives.

During the process, critical emerging issues like the fate of the IDPs, fear of attacks, road

robbery, poor road networks and the need for Samburu Central District and East Pokot cross-

border peace dialogue among the Provincial Administration, the DPCs, the Morans from both the

Samburu and Pokot were reiterated in almost all the meetings. The most urgent was facilitating

the morans to talk since the morans said, “as morans we have no peace and we do not trust Pokot

morans.” This would help address the issue of mistrust and fear between the two communities.

Other equally important issues like the issue of IDPs was not addressed conclusively even

though a majority of the people felt that if the government was able to provide enough security to

the communities, then they would be able to resettle. Enhancing partnerships in peace and

security with all stakeholders is critical for the government cannot solely assure people of their

security without their cooperation. The issue of their support in resettlement was not

conclusively addressed. On the road robbery, all leaders during the leaders’ consultative forum

were tasked with the responsibility of ensuring that within their jurisdiction, such robberies are

foiled and eradicated.

7.0 WAY FORWARD

a. It emerged as a consensus from all the GOTV cum Peace meetings that peace dialogue

be undertaken between the cross district border of East Pokot and Samburu Central

District to eradicate mistrust and fear of attack from the Pokot side as well as resolve

conflicts between the two communities.

b. It was agreed that the District Commissioners from both districts enhance their

collaboration on peace and security between the same borders.

c. It was agreed from the ground meetings that Morans from both communities be

facilitated to hold joint peace dialogue to resolve emotive issues raised by Morans

from the Samburu side.

d. Members of the Peace Caravan strongly felt that the DPC Samburu Central was not

doing enough to promote and sustain peace. Members called for the reconstituting and

restructuring of the DPC and capacity building her to be able to take up key

responsibilities of sustaining the peace gains as well as cascading peace to the very

grassroots.

e. It was proposed in a meeting at Morijo by the Community that the number of

Administration Police Officers in Morijo be increased from the current number of 6

that they may guarantee security for people resettling in their farms as well as the

pastoralists.

f. It was proposed that a police post be established in Barsaloi town to enhance security

in the area.

g. That the KPRs should be given more bullets far above the current number of 10 since

they face enemies who are better armed