Murkomen Anguruma, Orders IG Kanja to Take Strict Action Against Hooligans and Politicians

• Interior Minister Kipchumba Murkomen has ordered a crackdown on private security groups linked to politicians
• The order targets “thugs and gangs” allegedly involved in political events, with Murkomen asking Inspector General Douglas Ganja to arrest those involved.
• Murkomen has condemned the recent attack on Vihiga senator Godfrey Osotsi, warning that violence should not be used to resolve political differences

Minister of Interior Dating Murkomen has directed the Inspector General of Police Douglas Ganja to clamp down on private security officers used by serving and prospective politicians for their political activities.

Speaking in Kabarak during the funeral of Michele Kemboi, the daughter of the Captain of the Kenya Ports Authority William RutoMurkomen said that politicians are recruiting young people in a visible way for hooliganism and gangs.

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Murkomen said that youths are sent to intimidate their opponents as the campaign period approaches.

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He criticized the opposition leaders for their remarks against Home Secretary Raymond Omollo, saying that the leaders should condemn the youths who are using them to cause chaos.

“As we approach the general election, a large number of politicians who serve as well as those who want to are recruiting young people and using them as thugs and as gangs for the purpose of intimidating their opponents and causing chaos in the celebrations, I strongly condemn what happened to Senator Godfrey Osotsi in Kisumu,” he said.

Murkomen said that while politicians may disagree on ideology, violence should not be used as a weapon to control the situation.

He added that despite opposition leaders condemning the evil, some of them have been involved in mobilizing hooligans. “Since they have been announced publicly, I want to ask the inspector general of police to arrest all the boys who use them in the party so that it can be an example of their belief in this matter of fighting these gangs. Some of the main actors in recruiting these young men for violence are sitting in the opposition,” he said.

How was the President’s office smeared with mud?

During the event, Cabinet Minister for Commerce Lee Kinyanjui expressed his concern about the desecration of the office of the president by Nyandarua senator John Methu during the funeral service of Ol Kalou Member of Parliament David Kiharao.

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Kinyanjui said that the show sets a bad example for good leadership principles that should be emulated by the youth in society.

“I think we need to agree that the institution of the presidency is not about a party or an individual but a symbol of national unity and anyone who despises that office despises all of us,” he said.

Earlier, Senate Majority Leader Aaron Cheruiyot informed more than 20 lawmakers that the family had requested not to be given the opportunity to address the assembly about what happened to Ol Kalou.

“Unfortunately, one of us who had the opportunity to address the funeral service this week was shamed and now we are paying the price of that shame, unfortunately none of us will get a microphone today because of that terrible incident and we have to respect the family,” he said.

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