Three men were on Thursday shot dead in a fierce battle over a disputed land in the Kerio Valley, a region also ravaged by banditry.
Kasui and Kiptakitwa clans that have been disputing over the piece of land in Mogil, Elgeyo Marakwet County for years faced off in a morning gun battle, resulting in the deaths.
According to police reports, the deadly gun battles commenced at 6am and lasted for hours.
By 10am, when the guns went silent, three youthful men were dead in the fight where police said illegal firearms were deployed by the warring clans.
