A primary school headteacher was on Saturday shot dead by armed bandits in Baringo North Constituency.
Thomas Kibet, a 55-year-old headteacher of Kagir Primary School was on a motorcycle with his wife and child when the incident happened.
The motorcycle belonged to a police reservist who was also the rider.
The teacher, who was on his way to Kipcherer Secondary School for a function, was ambushed by armed bandits who shot and killed him, leaving the wife and child nursing critical injuries.
According to Baringo Police Commander Julius Kiragu, the teacher was shot in the head during the ambush and died on the spot.
His wife and child were rushed to Marigat Sub County Hospital where they are receiving treatment.
Kibet had initially survived a similar attack when he was just 9 years old way back in 1978 while he was herding his father’s cattle. The bandits shot him in the right eye leaving him partially blind.
The tragic incident come two weeks after armed bandits shot dead one National Police Reservist in Graton village, Laikipia North Sub-county and left five nursing injuries.
Confirming the incident, Laikipia County Commissioner (CC), Joseph Kanyiri, said that security officers were ambushed as they were pursuing the bandits after they raided the homestead and made away with nine cows that were later recovered.
The injured who were shot in the legs are at the Nanyuki Cottage Hospital, undergoing treatment and are out of danger.
According to Kanyiri, during the operation, the bandits escaped towards Sieku Valley and disappeared inside the Mukogodo forest.
“The bandits can’t be working alone, they could be working in collaboration with some locals of Chumvi, Kimugandura, and some other areas. Mukogodo forest terrain is tortuous and unforgiving,” Kanyiri stated.
The body of the deceased was taken to a Nanyuki Hospital morgue.
