2007 they learnt nothing
Various administrative officials and senior police officers in the North Rift who
testified before us reported that massive violence all across Uasin Gishu District
in particular, as well as in various parts of Nandi, and elsewhere erupted
suddenly immediately after the ECK announced the presidential results on 30
December. In Uasin Gishu, the violence entailed large marauding gangs of
1,000-2,000 Kalenjin youth, brandishing machetes, bows and poisonous arrows,
occasional firearms, matches and projectiles filled with petrol. These menacing
gangs blocked and manned a variety of roads with trees trunks and huge rocks,
some of which were transported by tractors, throughout the district. They also
burned vehicles and tyres while refusing to allow anyone to pass as well as
engaging in killing, rioting, and looting.13 This included numerous simultaneous
attacks and cutting off all five entrances to Eldoret town, other roads and
highways, as well as the main artery to Kisumu and Uganda, and beyond from
Timboroa to Turbo.