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Under this authority, the military has been deployed alongside police and multi-agency security forces to combat a spike in armed banditry that has resulted in over 100 civilians and 16 police officers killed in just six months.
Impacts
The North Rift unrest risks spilling over into the borderlands with Uganda and South Sudan where other armed pastoral communities reside.
Mineral and geothermal exploration in the region may also exacerbate conflict as rentier elites grab land for speculative economic ends.
Opposition calls for nationwide protests may worsen instability and distract attention from long-term problems affecting the North Rift.
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