Deputy  president  William Ruto was today forced to cut short his speech at Bartabwa after gun shots rent the air the moment he was still addressing the unconvinced  crowd following  sporadic  attacks  meted on innocent  civilians by armed Pokot  bandits. 

In the meeting that was tensed with residents armed with bows and arrows, gunshots were heard as locals ran for their lives before the Dp pleaded with them to calm as the government  was concerned  over deteriorating insecurity promising  that more security  personnel will be deployed soon to contain the situation. 
This happened  as teachers joined the family  of a teacher killed by the cattle  rustlers at Kapindasum  in Baringo south,held at Kasiper  in Tanyilel Baringo  North  sub county where leaders called  for increased  security.
Barwesa ward Mca Joseph  Makilap and Baringo  gubernatorial  aspirant Stanley  Kiptis who were speaking in the emotional send off said it was heart breaking that the government  has not acted with speed to deal with runaway  insecurity  in various  parts of Baringo  north and Baringo  south where lives have  been lost and residents fleeing the area  for fear of attacks. 
“We demanded that the government  intervene and restore normalcy and the government  to compensate teachers killed in the line  of duty just like soldiers, “said Makilap. 
He said today the bandits dared the bearer of the second highest office in the country by launching the attacks in presence of the Deputy president. 
Baringo KNUT executive secretary  Joshua  Cheptarus  said they  would not sit down as teachers are being killed mercilessly  even  as the teachers’ union KNUT threatened to ensure that teachers in insecure prone areas are withdrawn  immediately to safeguard their lives. 
In a sheer mockery of the  people’s  cry, cattle rustlers gunned down a Chief in Bartabwa coming on the backdrop  of Deputy  President William  Ruto’s visit  to Baringo to check  on the situation  of deteriorating  insecurity in Baringo.