@Maka

Imagine trying to stop a hungry baby from touching that food, and even beating the baby

Gova needs to provide alternative economic activity to these rustling communities. They need water, pasture etc Drill bore holes for them, one or more for each clan....
Then slowly eradicate illegal arms.

Otherwise, how would you tell people to stop doing what they deem their source of livelihood?

And stop sending kurutus to critical missions. Remember Tana river incidents?

And how come these guys are paid so little? What is twenty something

hitting a single target from a distance of 2km is very very hard especially at night, if those bandit have such guns then the police would be no match and its the military that should be dealing with them.

but I doubt if there is any non military kenyan who can hit a target 2km away, even if they somehow got access to the weapons and technology.

...Remember this cops have families and dependants,the problem is that if nothing is done will hear the same story next year to them its nothing big somebody comes and kills your folks infront of you and he doesnt give a damn...serious disarmament should be done,its a shame that the police have no helicopter that can do an air air attack zao tu ni za cargo and ferrying passengers...hii mchezo ya kuongea na local leaders wont work there is someone there like me who is ready for revenge when things cool down a bit...hata Mexico with its drug wars I havent heard of 42 cops dead in one day,not civilians,policemen,uniformed fellows with guns ...surely...when civilians have some of this guns things are bad I tell you...http://www.binscorner.com/pages/t/top-10-sniper-rifles.html

all this talk has reminded me there is a new splinter cell I have to get

Are the police still talking? Have they arrested anyone?
They must know that this has dented their image so badly,proved them to be naive in dealing with rustlers.
The sooner they bring them to book the better for their image.
As at present they had better stop chewing cud and get down that valley of death.
Throw bombs and blow the caves where they are hiding.
I got a feeling those were juniour fresh officers from kiganjo taken to the slaughter house.
Jeez!! these guys are animals

What the heck:
"Police sources said those deployed to carry out the operation were mostly fresh officers who had served in the force for less than two years.

Multiple sources at the Rift Valley Provincial Headquarters told The Standard a majority of the officers killed were barely two years in the force, making them vulnerable to attacks as they lacked ‘war tactics’."

NKT1!!

...those who are 5 or 10 years old in the force arent any better and am sure they was someone in command who has been in the force for a while hawakujipeleka huko,he or she is the one at fault...

Now Iteere says he will not resign, that ground commanders are to blame!!!!

15 are too many!

Kwani what kind of an operation was this? Or did they disperse to comb the area? Were there survivors to tell what happened? Now who send regular police to do an army's job?

Nachola ward councillor Lawrence Lorunyei arrested over the killings!!!!