Inspector General Joseph Boinnet has today given orders to Rift Valley officers amid ongoing bandit attacks and cattle rustling.
Boinnet ordered the Regional Police Commander, Rift Valley to use all available Police resources to stop the violence and restore order to allow members of the public to lead normal lives.
The police noted that they were concerned by the the wake and reports of the recent spate of rustling / bandit attacks around Kainuk and its environs along the border of Turkana / West Pokot Counties.
The Regional Police Commander has further been ordered to step up investigations into the role of certain identified individuals who are suspected of inciting violence in the area, & bring them to book in accordance with the law.
Boinnet also called on members of the public to cooperate with Police Officers in an effort to deal with the rustlers who are out to wreck the peace and trust that the local residents have built amongst themselves.
We wish to inform the public that in the wake of the recent spate of rustling / bandit attacks around Kainuk and its environs along the border of Turkana / West Pokot Counties, the Inspector General has ordered the Regional Police Commander, Rift Valley to use all … 1/3
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