The Kenyan government is integrating the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) into a new security strategy for the volatile Kerio Valley region, aiming to establish permanent training facilities. This initiative, approved by President William Ruto, seeks to provide a lasting solution to persistent banditry.

• Training grounds for KDF and National Police Service (NPS) to be established starting January 2026.
• Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen announced the plan on Thursday, December 25, and called for community cooperation.
• Comes after Murkomen declared 14 parts of Trans Mara as disturbed areas on December 19, 2025, due to a string of violent clashes.
• Recent disarmament efforts recovered 1000 illegal firearms, and a 30-day dusk-to-dawn curfew was imposed in Trans Mara East and South.