ORMA


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ORMAOak Ridge Military Academy (Oak Ridge, NC)
ORMAOcean Racing Multihull Association
ORMAOcean Recreation Management Area (Hawaii)
ORMAOffice of Regulatory and Management Assistance (business permits; New York)
ORMAOptical Reservation Multiple Access
ORMAOperating Room Management Application
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In 2012, the Orma and Pokomo fought over pasture and water.
It is time we start looking at where the rains started beating us, come back and make one team for 2022 and beyond, "said Boda Godhana, an Orma elder.
The indigenous peoples of Awer, Sanye, Wardei, Orma, Samburi, Borana and Turkana pastoralists could in the long term be forced to change their traditional livelihood practices.
not a result of the scramble of land or other resources," said police spokesman Eric Kiraithe about tit-for-tat raids between the Orma and Pokomo communities in the coastal region.
Two Orma men look into a burnt house on December 22, 2012 in Kipao (AFP/File, Ivan Lieman)
Selon la police et la Croix-Rouge kenyanes, l'attaque a oppose des membres des communautes orma et pokomo, comme a plusieurs reprises depuis aout dans la meme region, celle du delta de la riviere Tana.
Kenya's Red Cross confirmed there had been "fresh attacks" overnight at Nduru village in the Tana River delta area adding that it had sent teams to the area, but at present could not confirm exact casualties.Violence in the region first erupted in August, pitting the Pokomo farming community against their Orma pastoralist neighbours, leading to a series of vicious reprisal killings and attacks.
Two of the eight killed were believed to be from the attackers, who launched a raid on the Orma village of Nduru about an hour before dawn on Wednesday, said Caleb Kilunde, a Kenya Red Cross official in the Tana River delta region.
Raiders, settled farmers from the Pokomo ethnic group, attacked semi-nomadic Orma pastoralists with guns, machetes and spears.
Anthony Kamitu, who is leading police operations to prevent attacks in the region, said the Pokomo tribe of farmers, armed with spears and AK-47 rifles, raided a village of the semi-nomadic Orma herding community at dawn in the Tana River Delta.