At least twenty-nine people have been killed and dozens more injured in central Kenya after unidentified hustlers mounted night raids to steal cattle.

Local community leader Joseph Leparia said that attackers from the ethnic Pokot tribe raided a field with animals belonging to Samburu herders late on Monday, the Press TV correspondent in Kenya reported.

The men then killed 21 Samburus and made off with more than 600 cows.

Local lawmaker Raphael Letimalo underscored the fact that women and children were among those killed in the deadly attack. The authorities say that in addition to the 21 Samburu casualties, 8 Pokot raiders also died in the attack.

Clashes over water, livestock, and pastureland have long plagued Kenya's remote regions, particularly during severe dry months.

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