Struggling to come to terms with their loss, residents of Kapsinindet village in Ang'ata Barikoi expressed their displeasure with the circumstances that led to the death of their kin.
A brutal police force that descended on the villagers with bullets as they protested against an attempt to grab their 6,800 acres of land on Monday left six of them dead.
The standard found the families in mourning, as they condemned the act, saying those killed were pillars to their families, with very young people who were a hope to the families.
We visited Paul Ngeno, a retired assistant chief of Angata sub-location, who lost his 21-year-old son, a student at Eldoret College studying for social work.