Interior CS Kindiki says 124 people arrested for violating curfew in North Rift
Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki
on Friday said the deployment of multiagency teams in the dangerous and
disturbed areas in six North Rift counties is complete.
The National Police Service-led operation
that has roped in the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) troops is now receiving
command and control from a remote situation room established in the area, their
priority being flattening bandit hideouts.
“We will strike
hard to neutralise all the threats in the nooks, crannies and gorges where the
criminals hide and and ensure that they never access these areas again,” he
said.
CS Kindiki
said 124 people found in contravention of the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed in
the areas have been arrested and arraigned in addition to recovery of illegal
arms.
“We have so far
received 39 illegal firearms surrendered by criminals, as of today, 136 rounds
of ammunition and one Fragmented Rifle Grenade (FRG),” he added.
The CS stated that the amnesty period given
to surrender arms will not be reintroduced, adding that anyone found with
undocumented weaponry will be dealt with as a bandit.
With intelligence revealing that bandits in
the bushes have been fleeing into the neigbouring Uganda and South Sudan, CS Kindiki
revealed that the operation has also taken a diplomatic approach.
“Kenya is currently
engaged with its neighbours Uganda and South Sudan to seal off all passages and
channels by which criminals may escape from one territorial jusrisdiction to
another,” stated the CS.
Kindiki stated that the area will be
populated with permanent security installations, saying this will pave the way
for smooth implementation of development projects to engage the communities in
social and economic activities as a long-term solution to insecurity.
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