We are encouraged that there have been no more full-scale police attacks on Samburu villages since Cultural Survival’s research delegation gathered evidence of the attacks in January. In February, after receiving Cultural Survival’s report of human rights abuses by Kenyan police forces against the Samburu people, Kenya’s Minister of Internal Security ordered police forces to refrain from using force and to conduct the disarmament operation in northern Kenya peacefully.

The Samburu people are calling for international help. Please send polite letters to Kenyan government officials by mail, fax, or email, and send a copy to the US ambassador in Kenya. Read more about the campaign.