A 14-year-old Grade 7 boy, Joseph Mutemi, was tragically hacked to death by suspected camel herders in Ukasi, Kitui County, after reportedly helping them get water.

• Joseph Mutemi was helping his grandmother with charcoal production when the attack occurred.
• His death brings the total number of people killed in farmer-herder conflicts along the Kitui-Tana River border to eight this week.
• Community leaders, including Kitui Governor Julius Malombe and Garissa Governor Nathif Jama, convened a peace rally to address the escalating violence.