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| Interior Cabinet Secretary Dr Fred Matiangi in Mombasa on Sunday photo (file) |
BY OUR REPORTER
Interior Cabinet secretary Dr Fred Matiang’i has
issued a stern warning to drug traffickers operating within the Coastal region.
According to the CS, these drug traffickers
undermine government’s efforts to contain the menace.
He also warned juvenile gangs that have been terrorizing
locals in the region.
“I do not want to tell you what we shall do but I want
to assure you that it will be a painful exercise that we shall confront head
on. We shall implement the plan and I shall supervise it,” said the CS.
Addressing the media in Mombasa on Sunday Matiang’i
says the government will invest in all state machinery including deploying more
police officers if need be to sort out the problem once and for all.
The interior ministry CS however claimed that there
could be a possibility that a section of top cream politicians are financing some
of the juvenile gangs in the region.
Early last week a group of juvenile gangs ‘wakali kwanza’ attacked innocent locals
at Bamburi Kisauni Sub County with crude machetes.
He claims that could be a tactic by a section of the
leaders to align themselves for political slots in the next general election.
He says drug trafficking and juvenile gangs have a
long history in the region and the government will not sit back and wait for
negative consequences within the community.
He says the government is committed to ensure that youths
being the future of this country, are not left in the hands of merciless drug traffickers.
Mombasa
senator Mohammed Faki noted that drugs and unemployment still remain a
challenge in the county.
According to him the government should devise ways
and strategies of tightening security.
Faki said “Our sitting here with CS and the
Inspector General of Police. Our dialogue today was on a variety of issues
including drugs and unemployment.”
The senator says there is need for the government to
address thorny issues of drugs and substance abuse, rampant unemployment and
others social issues in Mombasa County.
Meanwhile, Likoni Member of Parliament Mishi Mboko said
Coast leaders will work jointly with the security to ensure that the community remains
safe.
“As leaders we have agreed in one accord on how we
can beef up security as stakeholders. The CS has rolled out a clear plan on how
we shall all embrace the security issue,” she said.
She thanked the interior ministry for strategizing
and reinforcing security within the Coastal region.
On Thursday the Kenya National Congress of Pentecostal
Churches and Ministries Coast chapter asked the government to arrest all
financiers of illegal gangs in Mombasa County.
The body was responding to the Bamburi attack on
innocent citizens by crudely armed juvenile gangs.
Led by Bishop Tee Nalo the body’s chairperson the
clergy said the financiers should be locked in and forced to pay the price of
the innocent Kenyans.
“We are perturbed by the recent happenings in
Bamburi Kisauni Sub County where innocent Kenyans were hacked using machetes. Some of them are still nursing injuries in
hospital,” said the bishop
The incident left 11 innocent Kenyans nurse injuries
after the heinous attack.
The clergy also wondered why the government has been
reluctant in eliminating the juvenile gangs operating in various sub counties
within Mombasa County.
The clergy called on locals to report any suspicious
person who is a threat to public security.
Also in attendance were Inspector General of police
Hillary Mutyambai, Coast Regional coordinator John Elungata, Mombasa County
Commissioner Evans Achoki, Mombasa Deputy Governor Dr. William Kingi, legislators
Abudlswamad Nassir (Mvita) Mohammed Ali (Nyali) Mombasa County Speaker Aharub
Khatri and a section of Mombasa county assembly members.
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