About fourteen people have died and several others sustained injuries in violent clashes between two rival clans in Lodwar.
The war broke out inside the Kakuma camp in Lodwar between two South Sudan clans that resided in the camp, leading to the deaths of several people.
According to sources privy to the information, the war broke after individuals from both clans began fighting over the ownership of a piece of cloth.
"The altercation between the two clans over a piece of cloth escalated to deadly confrontation,” noted the camp manager.
“At Least 14 lives have been lost and several other people injured and there are many families displaced,” he added.
The Kakuma camp manager noted that Kenyan security forces have been deployed to the second-largest refugee camp in the country to restore order.
He further noted that dialogue had also been initiated and a medical team dispatched to the area to prevent further loss of lives.
While commenting on the matter, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees expressed concern over the violence in the refugee camp and called for an immediate probe.
The refugee camp which was established in 1992 is one of the largest in Kenya and currently hosts about 288,000 refugees from nine countries.
The camp hosts refugees from countries within the Eastern Africa and Central African blocs including South Sudan, Ethiopia, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
According to some of the refugees, the recent announcement by the government to close down the camp has left most of them in dilemma and the move could leave most of them homeless.
"They said they want to close the camp because of Al-Shabaab attacks, we should reach an agreement with the government because we are under them and the UNHCR," noted one of the occupants.
