Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi has today launched the roadmap to peaceful 2022 General Elections.
He warned that the political ground is gradually changing and institutions are mandated to maintain peace in the country.
“We in the security sector are committed to the Roadmap to a Peaceful 2022 Elections and will walk the talk to ensure it’s realized. Moving forward, National Government Administration Officers (NGAO) will coordinate with the National Cohesion and Integration Commission (NCIC) officials nationwide as they make preparations to deliver elections,” Fred Matiangi said.
The first cohort of 160 officers recently recruited is to undergo a 13 months long rigorous training and six months of classwork at the Prisons Staff Training College (PSTC) in Ruiru, six months in practical field training, and the final month endurance and leadership training at the Kenya School of Adventure and leadership (KESAL).
Matiang’i said the program was conceptualized purposely to position the Prisons Department on a par with other law enforcement agencies in terms of efficiency, responsiveness, and professionalism.
“This is the first class of cadets and technical officers we are training. The President wants us to begin walking the journey of a new phase of reforms where we must emphasize more on capacity building and preparing officers for the next generation of institutions we are going to have,” he said.
“We need to move away from some of the habits we’ve had and ways in which we’ve done our work before and move on to a much more modern, intense, multi-agency way of managing the sector,” he added.
The Interior CS criticized the political class accusing them of engaging in incitement and dividing Kenyans.
The CS warned against the use of social media as a tool of negative mobilization, urging the Communications Authority to probe such incidents for action.
He expressed confidence that the 2022 general elections will be peaceful saying Kenyans will not be hoodwinked to turn to violence.
“The roadmaps’ overall objective is to set the agenda and needed direction for all peace actors to make adequate preparations for a peaceful electoral process,” the CS said.