A formal complaint has been lodged with Ethiopian regional authorities over an attack by uniformed Ethiopians in Wajir, northern Kenya, reported the Kenyan ‘East African Standard’. Wajir District Commissioner Fred Mutsami said the Ethiopian authorities had requested a 10-day period to track down stolen cattle after the Kenyan government complained more than 10,000 head of cattle had been seized by the militiamen, and two people killed. The raid took place last Thursday. According to the report, members of the Ajuran clan took to the streets in Wajir town to protest the raid, which they claimed was backed by the rival Gare clan. Pastoralist communities in isolated and underdeveloped northern and northeastern Kenya have been affected by the presence of the Oromo Liberation Front, an armed Ethiopian opposition group which is alleged to be unofficially hosted by the related Boran clan in the Kenya border regions.
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