Police are sent to the northwestern part of Kenya to control a major violent dispute between Kikuyu and Maasai groups over water. More than 20 people are killed in fighting in January. By July, the death toll exceeds 90, principally in the rural center of Turbi. The tensions arise over grazing and water. Maasai herdsmen accuse a local Kikuyu politician of diverting a river to irrigate his farm, depriving downstream livestock. Fighting displaces more than 2000 villagers and reflects tensions between nomadic and settled communities.
