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Kenya sends out its police forces following fatal ethnic riots

Kenya has sent a group of special police teams to try to stop the growing conflicts between different groups of people in Sondu, a town in the western part of the country near the border of Kericho and Kisumu counties.

On Wednesday, fighting broke out again and seven people have died and many others had to leave their homes.

The Interior Minister, Kithure Kindiki, announced that the security leaders in Kisumu and Kericho will be moved to different positions because of the conflicts.

“During the last two days, people have died, things have been destroyed, and the proper functioning of society has been greatly disturbed,” Mr Kindiki explained.

Local leaders are asking for a quick solution to a problem about the border between two fighting communities.

Three people died in similar attacks last month.

Sondu town has a past of very dangerous fighting between different groups of people because of elections.

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