Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has said the persons who organised clashes in Sondu town were criminals.
Condemning the violence witnessed in the town, which borders Kisumu and Kericho Counties, the CS said the organisers had disguised the chaos to look like border disputes.
He said the government was not going to condone the acts of violence carried out in the area in the past three days.
"The culture of impunity must be stopped, and those keen on driving the country into anarchy through violence and wanton destruction of private and public property dealt with firmly and decisively," he said on Saturday.
He spoke during a security briefing with Security and Intelligence Committees from the Nyanza and Rift Valley regions, and the two counties.
He also held a public baraza at Sondu Market.
The CS said the government was committed to facilitating a peace process plan for the communities living in the area.
He noted that it was possible to solve any differences regardless of their nature in the confines of the law and peacefully.
"Violence and lawlessness cannot be a solution to any dispute," he said.