{"id":7554,"date":"2024-03-01T09:02:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T09:02:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/03\/01\/kindiki-puts-kisii-and-nyamira-security-chiefs-on-notice-over-violence-calls-for-political-restraint\/"},"modified":"2024-03-01T09:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-01T09:02:53","slug":"kindiki-puts-kisii-and-nyamira-security-chiefs-on-notice-over-violence-calls-for-political-restraint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/kindiki-puts-kisii-and-nyamira-security-chiefs-on-notice-over-violence-calls-for-political-restraint\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindiki puts Kisii and Nyamira security chiefs on notice over violence, calls for political restraint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 1-The government has made personnel changes<\/strong> <strong>and<\/strong> <strong>initiated investigations in response to a surge in violent criminal activities in Kisii County.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kisii County has experienced a wave of violence, with factions from both sides of the political divide accusing each other of sponsoring criminal acts.<\/p>\n<p>Interior Cabinet secretary Kithure Kindiki said Friday that a special team has been deployed to investigate and bring to account, organisers, financiers, and perpetrators of crime in parts of the county.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking when he met senior security officials from Kisii and Nyamira counties, Kindiki called on security agents to prioritise preventive security and enforce the law with firmness.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is the policy of this administration to depoliticize security management and law enforcement. Our security officers and administrators must remain impartial,\u201d he insisted.<\/p>\n<p>Kindiki also emphasized that political competition should not be a pretext for promoting violence.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile political competition is lawful and constitutional, the use of violence as a means of conducting political competition is illegal and intolerable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Interior CS disclosed that the Government has taken steps to strengthen law enforcement to ensure the safety and security of every part of Kenya.<\/p>\n<p>He revealed that security managers across the country have been given performance targets to meet, with periodic reviews to ensure continuous improvement in service delivery.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, in Nyamira Town, Kindiki conducted a routine security performance review meeting with County, Sub-County, and Divisional security heads from various agencies in Nyamira County.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated the government\u2019s commitment to reducing incidents of violence of all kinds, including homicide, family violence, and substance abuse.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Mar 1-The government has made personnel changes and initiated investigations in response to a surge in violent criminal activities in Kisii County. Kisii County has experienced a wave of violence, with factions from both sides of the political divide accusing each other of sponsoring criminal acts. Interior Cabinet secretary Kithure Kindiki said Friday [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}