Is West Pokot Governor John Lonyangapuo regretting his actions yesterday? Well, the Governor is already facing the consequences of his actions after the Government decided to hit back at him.
The governor has already security attached to him and his home withdrawn after he stormed a road block and forcefully freed a boda-boda rider.
Lonyangapuo has now come out to protest the decision to withdraw is society while also stating that his life is now in danger.
Lonyangapuo’s security detail has been withdrawn after they were captured on video removing roadblocks mounted by traffic police officers in different parts of West Pokot County.
Gavana Lonyangapuo analalamikia kupokonywa walinzi. Tukio hilo lilichochewa na kanda ya video ambayo ilionyesha walinzi hao wakiondoa vizuizi vya barabarani vilivyokuwa vimewekwa na maafisa wa polisi#SemaNaCitizen
@RashidAbdalla pic.twitter.com/k7B5dtKbwq— Citizen TV Kenya (@citizentvkenya) November 30, 2018
The angry county boss threw away barriers at Chepareria town saying the roadblocks are illegal. He said traffic officers use them to harass motorists.
Traffic police officers countrywide have instructions to enforce Michuki rules as revived on November 12.
In one of the roadblocks, the governor secured the release of a motorbike rider who was arrested while transporting onions from Ortum.
“This is inhumane. The rider has all required licences. Why handcuff a person transporting onions on his motorcycle? Onions are not illegal goods,” Lonyangapuo said.
“We shall not allow police officers to erect illegal roadblocks to harass our people,” he said after ordering police to release the rider.
Leonard Powon after he was set free said: “I was arrested because I had no money to pay the police before passing the roadblock.”
Lonyangapuo warned police officers in the county against taking advantage of the Michuki rules to frustrate road users.
He said police have mounted about 20 roadblocks in the county and are collecting hundreds of shillings from motorcycle riders.
“I am personally going to remove them and remain only with the ones at Marich pass and Tartar junction,” the governor said.
He castigated police commanders in the region for having failed to protect residents in the face of invasion by cattle rustlers.
“We need these officers in Apuke, Chesegon, and along Pokot South-Marakwet border where cases of cattle rustling have reemerged,” Lonyangauo said.