Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki on Wednesday will visit West Pokot and Samburu counties for security assessment.
These are some of the counties where banditry has affected the lives and livelihoods of people.
Still in the counties, Kindiki has ordered that reconstruction of schools that were vandalised by bandits must be ready for readmission of students on January 8, 2023 when learning resumes countrywide.
Reconstruction is ongoing in 30 schools across the North Rift Valley Region.
Earlier this month,the Interior boss said the government had enhanced security in the affected regions, especially in the border areas where West Pokot County intersects with Baringo, Elgeyo Marakwet and Turkana Counties.
"The Government will rehabilitate schools that were abandoned due to insecurity posed by bandit attacks in West Pokot County," Kindiki stated.
In May, the government allocated Sh100 million for the rehabilitation of about 50 schools that were damaged by bandits.
The schools were in Baringo, Elgeyo Marakwet, Turkana, West Pokot, Samburu and Laikipia Counties.
The schools to be reopened in West Pokot include Chesegon Primary School, Cheptulel Primary School, Cheptulel Boys Secondary School, Sapulmoi Primary School and Kisaa ECD in Pokot Central Sub-County, Lonyangalem Primary School, Kour Primary School and Songok Primary School in Pokot North Sub-County and Karon Primary School in Pokot West Sub-County.
Kindiki also announced that the government will commence training of 205 National Police Reservists (NPR) at Chesta Teachers College Grounds in Sigor Constituency.
