Interior CS vows to deal firmly with criminal gangs in the city
Senior police officers in Nakuru County have been moved in a major shake-up over the recent wave of killings and related violent crimes by a notorious terror in the city.
Nakuru County Police Commander Beatrice Kiraguri has been replaced by her Kasarani counterpart, Peter Mwanzo, as Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i announced that more changes were coming to ensure normalcy returns.
He said the National Police Service Commission was working on modalities to transfer more police officers in the affected stations to beef up operations and contain the rising wave of crime.
Matiang’i, who announced the changes during a visit in the county, vowed to deal firmly with criminal gangs that have been terrorizing residents. He warned those financing criminal gangs saying that they would be treated in the same way as the gangs they support.
“As a government, we are determined to deal with criminal gangs. We will apply pressure on them until they are all decimated,” Matiang’i said. “We know that politics is the cause of the revival of these gangs, not just in Nakuru, but also in other parts of the country.”
The CS assured residents that they would not experience another attack by the gang, and asked them to volunteer information on criminal elements to authorities.
So far a special squad pursuing organized criminal gangs behind a series of attacks that have been experienced in the area has arrested 128 suspects in connection with a spate of armed robberies reported in the city.
Matiang’i was accompanied by a high-powered delegation composed of Nakuru Governor Lee Kinyanjui, Inspector General of National Police Service Hilary Mutyambai, Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) boss George Kinoti, General Service Unit Commandant Douglas Kanja, Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Maalim Mohammed and County Commissioner Erastus Mwenda.
Source: MY Gov