CS Matiang’i calls for new and tough security measures

As the country continues to ensure on good security measures the Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiangi has moved a step further  to  announced new measures regarding the country’s security.

Apart from a reshuffle of the top regional and county security personnel, the CS wants security structures at the grassroots to be harmonised in the next one month.These structures include peace committees, village elders, the Nyumba Kumi Initiative ambassadors and community policing teams. “This way, assistant chiefs will know who they are working with,” Matiang’i said.

Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i with the Western Regional Commissioner Anne Ng'etich in Kakamega. /file

The CS was speaking at the PrideInn Beach Hotel in Mombasa whetre he added saying,  “Sometimes, due to lack of coordination, we lose information we should have because we have not coordinated these people.”

He further asked the police to stop ‘public relations engagements’ when it comes to security of Kenyans. There will be several operations across the country to mop up illegal firearms, he said.

The CS acknowledged that certain neighbourhoods have insecurity problems. These include Majengo, Kisauni and Likoni in Mombasa, Eastleigh, Mathare, Dandora and Kayole in Nairobi. “2019 is the year to clean them.”

He said the operations to clean these areas will not be a public relations drive.

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