Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome and Nairobi governor Johnson Sakaja have set aside measures to cease insecurity in the city.
Speaking at the National Police Service (NPS) headquarters, Koome issued a one-month notice to those in possession of illegal firearms to surrender and that those responsible of the offenses would be dealt with accordingly.
“Petty offenders maneuvering with knives and harming city residents will be dealt with, we will not rest until everyone is safe from reported muggings,” observed Koome.
“I welcome the idea of surrendering the illegal firearms and I have issued a 1-month notice to those in possession to respective police stations. The governor has revealed to us that there are individuals who have been reaching out to him expressing their willingness to surrender the illegal weapons,” he noted.
Sakaja on the other hand alluded that the county had been turned into a den of criminal activities and committed to work with NPS to bring sanity in the city.
He had earlier held meetings at city hall to come up with the mentioned strategies and reiterated that the county is a regional hub that has to be orderly with desired dignity committing to work with respective departments and authorities.
“We will set up County Policing Authority as well as Traffic Policing Authority. We are calling on those who have been involved from the reported cases to deceist,” claimed Sakaja.
The two affirmed to be in the loop of increased cases of muggings, snatching, stealing, robbery with violence and murder after city dwellers in the past weeks complained over menace, forcing the governor to forbid hawkers and street families from occupying and conducting business on footbridges within the city.
A crackdown by police early last week named street families, hawkers and some rogue bodaboda riders as top suspects for the increased crimes with serious measures set to be implemented so as to tame the trend.
Koome who took over office on November 11 said that he is ready to discuss with all stakeholders and agree on the way forward to help control the growing anxiety across the country including the banditry attacks, cattle rustling and inter-community clashes in the affected regions.
