Is kenya a cartels run nation?
Nowadays it impossible to hear a tender awarded without cartels beign mentioned and linked with plans to fleece the government some amount of money in their dubious schemes of darkness.
The Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has maintained that the government will not succumb to pressure from merchants to have police uniforms imported and further dismissed reports that there is a shortage for materials for the new police uniforms.
Matiang’i says the narrative is being spinned by cartels who want the government to award them contracts to import materials from China and Turkey.
During the Tuesday address after a meeting with stakeholders, the CS said major local factories had already been commissioned to manufacture the uniform of 65,000 officers.
Matiang’i insisted everything was on course and that the government had already paid local manufacturers to produce the new uniform.
Interior CS Fred Matiangi says the government has already paid local manufacturers to produce the new police uniform,say they will not succumb to pressure from merchants to buy imported uniform. pic.twitter.com/F0wGpDbx8U
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“Listen to me very carefully, we will not import police uniforms, you can go and write another 10 headlines, we will not import police uniforms. We have to promote our local textile industry,” stated Matiang’i.
“How are we going to support our cotton farmers, how are we going to support our cotton farmers and create job in our countries?” posed Matiang’i.
The new uniform was unveiled by President Uhuru Kenyatta three months ago and was supposed to be rolled out on Jamhuri Day.
However, by Monday police chiefs were still working extra hard to secure the fabric ahead of this week’s deadline for officers to wear the new Persian blue uniforms.
It also emerged that the material was unavailable, even as security bosses visited various textile factories.
On Monday, Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinnet and Interior Permanent Secretary Karanja Kibicho were spotted at the Rivatex textile factory in Eldoret.
The Government team is also said to have scouted for the material at the Rivatex outlet in Nakuru County, several factories in Thika and another in Nairobi.
It has emerged that there is a general shortage for that specific fabric. Reports indicated that the one used to make the few uniforms donned by top officials was imported.