Kenya: Any information as to fighting between Wancundi and Shihabi tribes
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 October 1989 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | KEN2431 |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Kenya: Any information as to fighting between Wancundi and Shihabi tribes, 1 October 1989, KEN2431, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aaca4.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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According to Americas Watch and the Lawyers' Committee for Human Rights speakers, inter-tribal fighting does occur periodically in Kenya [ Telephone conversations of 27 and 30 October 1989.]. These two oral sources, however knowledgeable about Kenyan ethnic groups, had never heard of the Wancundi and Shihabi tribes.
A Kenyan lawyer from the Lawyers' Committee mentioned that the names resembled those of Somali tribes of the North Eastern part of Kenya [ Telephone conversation of 27 October 1989.]. During 1988, fighting occurred in North Eastern Kenya between diverse nomadic tribes (Turkana, Topozas and Dongiros) during the month of April 1988 [ "Incursions by Cattle raiders in Northern Kenya", Keesing's Record of World Events, vol.34, septembre 1988: 36138.].
No information on Wancundi and Shihabi tribes can be corroborated in published sources available to the IRBDC at the present time.