Railway vandalism to be treated as an act of terror – Kindiki

Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof. Kithure Kindiki has stated that acts of vandalism railway infrastructure will be treated as acts of terror.

Speaking in Makueni County on Monday, the CS warned those engaged in the vandalism activities.

“Those citizens who are storming the railways and destroying railway infrastructure, I want you to know that act is terrorism. Those who are engaged in that activity are enemies of Kenya, just like terrorists,” he said. 

Kindiki added that those found within the vicinity of protected areas like railways will be charged under the Protected Areas Act.

“Any person found within the vicinity of a protected facility including railway, or critical water reservoirs will be dealt with in accordance with the Protected Areas Act. It is the most serious and punitive law; it is the law that guards the State House,” he warned.  

This is after the government gazetted additional administrative units in Makueni County to improve service delivery. 

These include one sub-county, four divisions, twenty-eight locations, and forty-eight sub-locations spread across the County.

The new administrative units will also improve security, public order, and law enforcement to provide a conducive environment for socio-economic development.

The enhanced law enforcement capability is expected to tame the incidents of vandalism of critical infrastructure, especially the railway, illicit brews, defilement, suicide, and human-wildlife conflict.