20 Long-serving Police Officers Transferred After a String Of Insecurity Incidents In Keringet
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has ordered a complete transfer of all police officers stationed at Keringet Police Station in sweeping orders after citizen complaints.
Murkomen directed the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, to post 20 new police officers in the area within two weeks.
“All police officers who have stayed here for long and have been accused of alcoholism are to be taken to rehab and face disciplinary action,” Murkomen ordered at a public baraza in Keringet, Kuresoi South, Nakuru County, on Saturday, July 25.
Adding, “20 new officers will be brought here in the next two weeks.”
Before the new officers come in, a specialised team from Nairobi is to be dispatched to the area for three weeks to fight alcohol and all other illegal substances.
The reshuffle follows community protests over localised insecurity, unresolved murders, and a government-led crackdown on illicit drug trafficking and substance abuse in the region.
According to locals, illegal activities are thriving in the area because some government officials, including chiefs, are asleep at the wheel.
Murkomen directed that all chiefs make immediate efforts to redeem themselves or quit their jobs.
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“All chiefs who are not working have two weeks to make changes,” Murkomen declared while promising a new car for the area OCPD.
Failure to show any improvements will result in a disciplinary process being initiated against the chiefs.
Speaking at the same venue, IG Kanja vowed to quash goons and gangs days after President William Ruto declared war on the vice that has spread like wildfire since the 2024 protests.
Kanja said police will act ruthlessly within the bounds of the law to deal with the menace that has followed political events and protests.
“There are people who will cry a lot! Don’t say you weren’t told! We will not accept the words of goons and gangs. It must end!” Kanja declared.
Since January, human rights organisations, including the Kenya National Commission on Human Rights (KNCHR) and Amnesty International, have recorded at least 10-15 deaths directly connected to confrontations involving non-uniformed squads, hired disruptors, and plainclothes units.
With the country entering the campaign period, pressure is mounting on IG Douglas Kanja and the National Police Service to rein in the groups, whose activities some politicians have described as state-sponsored.
20 Long-serving Police Officers Transferred After a String Of Insecurity Incidents In Keringet
