A killing and counter killing has claimed 8 lives

According to information received from Moyale, Western Gharri Region, two weeks ago, the Borana clansmen killed a Gabra man near El Orba near the Arero-Huddat borderline. That same week, the Borana were accused of kidnaping a 5 years old Gharri female infant from Garbi near Wachile. Again, subsequently, a Borana man was killed and two others were kidnapped by the Gharri clansmen.

The Gharri community leaders and administrators’ from Borana, Gabra and the Gharri met in Wachile and drafted an agreement to avert further bloodshed and to enforce prior peace accords and agreed to round up all anti peace elements regardless of which clans they belong. The agreement says, if the perpetrators are from Gharri, he must be captured and hand him over to the victims area administrators and or vice versa. As a result of that agreement, two Borana clansmen were released on November 17, 2011 and the Borana community leaders were also, asked to return the 5 years old infant that was kidnapped allegedly by the Borana.

The phase to meeting was scheduled on November 18, 2011 at Wachile, but, before, the scheduled meeting took place, a Gharri man was killed and another seriously wounded at Chari. The Borana were blamed for the latest killing. Upon hearing the latest news, a group of women mobsters killed two young men believed to be from the Borana Clan.

According to latest information received from Moyale, one Borana herder was killed and two were injured near Borbor, in Borana Zone. So, when will all these senseless killing stop?

The violence will not stop unless a peace accord or agreement is enforced and put to work and those perpetrators receive an ultimate punishment. Otherwise, as long as the collection of the so called blood money is continued, and anti-peace elements criminals from the Borana, Gabra and the Gharri remain roaming free, any future peace talk will remain meaningless. The criminals will continue to strike because; there is no consequence for killing innocent people.