Baringo Central deputy county commissioner (DCC) Henry Tiya has issued a strict order prohibiting any form of gambling within the area.
The deputy county commissioner said that the measure has been taken following a series of unheeded warnings to the youth to shun the vice.
Mr Tiya issued the order at Kabarnet National Museum grounds during the launch of National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) bursary distribution presided over by area member of parliament Joshua Kandie.
He noted that a good percentage of local youth especially in Kabarnet town have involved themselves in gambling to a point where whenever his officers confiscate and destroy the machines, new ones are replaced immediately with impunity.
