Mathira MP Rigathi Gachagua wants President Uhuru Kenyatta to use his powers as the Commander-in-Chief to end the insecurity that has rocked Laikipia County.
Gachagua asked President Kenyatta to use his powers to deploy KDF soldiers so as to end the violence once and for all.
“I am calling on our President who is also the Commander-in-Chief to deploy the Kenya Defence Forces in Laikipia to stop the skirmishes and displacement of the population. We elected the President, not Matiang’i and Mutyambai to protect life and property,” Gachagua stated.
Gachagua requested the president to personally be in charge of the operation to ensure that calm is restored in Laikipia West constituency
“We ask our President to take personal charge of the situation to have the bandits flushed out, normalcy restored and those displaced assisted to rebuild their lives,” Gachagua stated.
According to Gachagua, there is no sense of having KDF in Somalia yet there is a crisis within the country.
“It is purely nonsensical to send out troops to assist in Somalia when our people are being displaced with impunity and government officials admit our police are helpless. Let us deploy the military in Laikipia as early as tomorrow (Friday) morning,” he insisted.
Additionally, he echoed DP Ruto’s sentiments that Interior Cabinet Secretary, Fred Matiang’i, and Inspector General of Police, Hillary Mutyambai, were busy politicking instead of addressing the Laikipia issue.
“We are bitter with the wanton butchering of our people in Laikipia as the Interior CS Fred Matiang’i and Inspector General of Police continue meddling with politics and have practically no time to address the crisis,” Gachagua said.
“We are shocked by the statement by the Regional Commissioner that the bandits roaming freely in Laikipia have superior equipment to our police whom he stated that they are helpless,” he added.
So far two politicians have been arrested and charged in connection to the skirmishes that have seen a number of people dead and hundreds others displaced.
Former Laikipia North MP Mathew Lempurkulel and Tiaty MP William Kamket were arrested on Wednesday and have since been charged with incitement and hate speech.
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