Gov’t Deploys Special Police Team To Nyeri Over Hard Drugs, Illicit Brews
Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kipchumba Murkomen, has ordered the immediate deployment of a special security team in Nyeri county to combat the rising cases of counterfeit alcohol and sale of drugs.
Murkomen has said that the team will operate in the county for the next three weeks.
He warned that the crackdown, which is targeting to dismantle the network of manufacturers, distributors and sellers of second-generation liquor and other drugs, will be swift, firm and uncompromising.
“We cannot continue living in a society where illicit alcohol is being sold and destroying an entire generation, while a few people enrich themselves from the illicit trade,” he said.
“That must come to an end and must be done with finality,” he added.
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“And I want to ask the Inspector General of Police to send a special security team who will stay in this county for 2-3 weeks as they weed out these criminals until this county is free of these cruel traders.”
The CS has also directed the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, to deploy new police officers alongside a new Subcounty Police Commander in Mathira West.
A person who is committed to enforcing the law after the incumbent was accused by area leaders of colluding with the unscrupulous illicit brew traders.
He also vowed to take firm administrative and legal action against police officers found abetting the illegal trade.
Murkomen said that the government has invested in programmes geared at improving their welfare and will not allow a clique of a few officers to frustrate government efforts in tackling crime and other vices in the society.
He particularly singled out police officers who have the habit of collecting bribes and protection fees from the traders, warning that there will be no transfers for the errant officers.
“We have done quite a number of things to ensure that we are reforming the police service. The question I ask is, why are officers still collecting bribes from criminals who are selling illicit alcohol?” Posed the CS.
“I have directed the Inspector General of Police to deploy new officers who are committed to their duties in this sub-county,” he added.
“And I want an answer from the County Police Commander and Regional Police Commander in the next one week. I also want all the illicit and counterfeit alcohol in this county to be eliminated.”
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Murkomen also raised concerns over the handling of cases linked to illicit brews and drugs by the judiciary alleging that some suspects were quickly returning to the illegal trade due to lenient bails and bond terms.
He nonetheless called for a closer collaboration between the security agencies and the judiciary to ensure stricter enforcement of the law.
“I urge the County Commissioner, through the court users’ committee, to sit down with the magistrates and judges and agree on how there is going to be proper enforcement so that we don’t leniently release these criminals back to society,” he said.
The CS spoke on Sunday at the Presbyterian Church of East Africa Ngaini in Mathira where he was the chief guest for a fundraiser to aid the construction of the church.
Gov’t Deploys Special Police Team To Nyeri Over Hard Drugs, Illicit Brews
