August 16, 2012 by GSG News Contributor

The Kenya and Ethiopian army joint operation on Monday and Tuesday in the Sololo area have resulted in four armed men dead and one captured.  According information received from Moyale, Kenya, the four who died and the captured individual were from the Borana clan. The authorities have offered the bodies of the deceased to the Borana Elders so that they would bury them, but the Borana community rejected the offer stating the deceased men were not Boranas but, armed rebels who had nothing to do with their clan. So, the four lifeless bodies are lying at Moyale town, Kenya.

Also, the Borana elders and politicians are making a mockery out of the newly arrived delegates that were sent to Moyale to assess the property damages claimed by both Oromo and Somali. They claim Chamuq, El Gof, Malab, Tatesa, and Did Guchi as their towns and that all the destruction of the properties were caused by the Gharri Somalis.  However, these claims and their earlier claims of Al Shabab fighters raiding their villages have damaged the credibility of the Borana Oromos. The delegates are already aware of what locations belong to whom and which regional administrations those towns and villages were run by.

In an attempt to set precedence and curtail unending conflicts, the Oromo region administrators have taken drastic change.  Four Borana Arero district administrators including the district commissioner, his deputy, head of internal security, and public administrator have been replaced with Guji and Gabra clansmen.