The death toll in Sondu along the Kisumu-Kericho border increased to seven following renewed clashes within the area.
Officials said four more people died Wednesday.
This came as tension mounted in the area amid calls for action to tame the killings.
The National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) has condemned the ongoing ethnic clashes calling upon residents of the two counties to exercise tolerance and use the right channels to air their grievances.
Additionally, it urged leaders of the two counties and the Interior Ministry to step in and help resolve the conflicts.
“We are calling upon political leadership of both Kisumu and Kericho counties to appeal to their followers and cease hostilities. We also request the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, to enhance security to avert loss of more lives and destruction of property and return of calm,” said NCIC.
Criminals armed with bows and arrows raided the East Kadiang’a location in Upper Nyakach division on Wednesday morning and unleashed terror on the residents before fleeing the scene.
Security commanders from both Kisumu and Kericho counties held a crisis meeting on Wednesday and Thursday to plan how to tame the trend.
The officers sent to the area were also ordered not to take sides as claimed by some locals, a senior official said.
The fresh attacks came on the day 20 MPs from the region told President William Ruto to intervene and stop the killings.
Kericho senator and majority leader in the Senate Aaron Cheruiyot called on interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki to convene a meeting to solve the menace.
“I urge CS Kindiki to urgently convene a leaders meeting drawn from Kericho and Kisumu counties to chart a way out on this Sondu issue.
