District security teams from Rongo and Trans Mara West met at the clash-torn border as more families fled from their homes.

Rongo district commissioner Arthur Osia and his Trans Mara West counterpart Mbogo Mathioya chaired the peace meeting at Olontare where the clashes broke out last weekend.

They asked elders  from the two rival communities to preach peace and restrain their youths from attacking their perceived adversaries.

“We  reached a raft of resolutions aimed at reducing tension and restoring calm at border,” Mr Osia said soon after the baraza on Tuesday.

Families whose homes were torched in the skirmishes caused by a land dispute continued to seek refuge with their friends and relatives as the government deployed more security officers in the area. One person has been killed and more than 30 houses  burnt since the clashes broke out.

Meanwhile, a boundary row is simmering over the location of the headquarters of newly created Magenche Division in Kenyenya District.

The division is among five others created during the Bomachoge by-election after proposals by the locals.

Handled amicably

There are two factions wrangling over the headquarters. One group suggests that the division should be at Mariba market arguing that it is a central point whereas the other want the division located at the border of Kenyenya-Transmara.

DC Kaburu Kaimba said the row would be solved during a leaders’ meeting on Friday.

“I ask everybody to be calm as the issue will be handled amicably,” he said.