The government is set to publish names of suspects behind the terror attacks in Lamu county on Friday this week, Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki said today.
He spoke while addressing the Senate claiming that the government has identified the ringleaders and planners of the atrocities warning that their days are numbered.
“We will fix the situation in lamu, the terror that is being visited on the people of lamu is unacceptable in the next two days the ministry of interior will publish the names of chief planners and those who bare greatest responsibility in orchestrating the violence”. He said.
The CS warned that suspects who will defy orders to surrender themselves will face full force of the law.
He also encouraged Kenyans to volunteer to security enforce information that will lead to arrest of more suspects.
While decrying loss of lives and property as a result of the attacks, the CS vowed that “we will be giving notice to those criminal to surrender to police, if they do not surrender we will look for them and when we find them we will do what we must.”
Meanwhile, Kindiki disclosed to senators that the government will streamline the supervision of National Police Reservists (NPRs) to ensure accountability in their operations.
He said NPRs play a pivotal role in supplementing the efforts of security agencies to trace, track, and apprehend criminals, particularly in areas that are bandit-prone and face the risk of terror
“In Samburu County, 460 NPRs have been recruited, trained, and deployed since November 2022. In Elgeyo Marakwet County, 153 NPRs have been recruited and will be trained and subsequently deployed. In Baringo County, 200 NPRs have been recruited and deployed, while in West Pokot county, 205 NPRs have been vetted and will be undertaking training”. Kindiki noted.
He was responding to questions posed by Marsabit Senator Mohamed Chute and other Senators on the recruitment of NPRs in the North Rift Valley Counties, the Northern Frontier Counties and Upper Coastal region.