Pokot believe Ruto is out to finish them.
Ruto had in jubilee 1.0 send KDF and heavy police punch on them.
They are therefore putting their resistance out there.
Saying they will go down fighting.
Yes Turkana, Maasai and Somali attack in large number - frontal attack - human wave.
If they get you on a bad day - they can devastate you.
Pokots like other kalenjin rarely do that - they plan their raids very meticulously with serious reconnaissance missions - and have sharp shooters strategically located.
They use a lot of decoy, deceptions and false moves.
I guess samburu has copied certain aspect of kalenjin fighting.
Kalenjin fighting can be described best here
"The war tactics perfected and used by the Nandi at the time were; Ambushes, exploitation of weather and terrain, use of higher grounds, morning raids, peaceful penetreation, spying, Reconnaissance, deception, misdirection and myriad of guerrilla tactics."
To beat Pokot - you must invest in intelligence.
The most valued people in kalenjin warfare are sharp shooters - the same for pokots - those are guys who are strategically placed - and will NOT MISS - they are selected after through shooting competitions.
The main squad are decoy - they will shoot aimlessly and run pretending to fall back - they will take you to where sharp shooters are waiting for you - in very tight corners - where you'll be taken out one by one.
If they are going for the raid - the warriors who take the cows and attack are not skilled - the real sharp shooters are linned up in all strategic position - mostly higher grounds - they lay waiting for a signal - if the enemy is pursuing they prepare to finish once you cross their viewpoint. Their snipers are very well trained and gifted - selected right from MTC - they will not miss you.
Form seeing this clip below You can tell Pokots are fully motivated can someone please translate what they are saying
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This reminds me of how each bandit kabila have interacted with on my ranch during conflict behaves,
1)Turkana are very similar to pokot from seeing this clip Turkana dance and walking/gait including shooting is very similar to Pokot
It appears though Pokot have more serviceable rifles I could see AK and G3 interesting to know if the G3 are police or reserving sourced.
2)Samburu are more quiet and discreet in their attacks but generally overconfident but very good sharp shooters. Attack in small numbers ad opposed to Turkana who attacks in large numbers. Samburus have also good serviceable rifles.
3)Somalis ,Just like al shabab somalis fire openly without necessarily taking cover I have never understood why this whether thereis incoming fire or not they don't take cover if you are a coward you will easily run away from a somali attack coz they only stop when run out of ammunition and then what follows is you will be overun and annihilated.
When KDF was overrun in El adde,Kolbiyo and recently Lamu all indications are they crumbled under this relentless fire,thats why I say KDF are very poor tactically .
The trick with dealing with this you take cover change positions and take them down you have always before firing make sure the position you are you can quickly take cover and change location without being detected preferred modus operandi is to fire from an area with a trench thats not visible to the bandit then as bandit returns fire you take cover as you ran/crawl or roll along the trench then come up on a different location and hit the bandits from their back or flank, usually totally unnerving to bandits they never dare come back.
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