Matiangi To Visit Nakuru Over Rising Insecurity

NAIROBI, Kenya, Jun 29- Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiangi is set to lead a security team to Nakuru Wednesday for a series of meetings to discuss incidents of insecurity so far recorded in the town.

This comes in the wake of a sustained operation on a gang called Confirm that has been blamed on the incidents that left at least five people dead in weeks. More than 30 suspects have since been arrested and dozens of crude weapons recovered in operations.

So far three local MPs have recorded statements at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations over their alleged links to the dreaded ‘Confirm Gang’ terrorizing residents in the county.

Rift Valley Regional Commissioner Mohamed Maalim yesterday confirmed police had summoned the trio for more information on the gang, which has been a security nightmare.

Maalim said Nakuru Town East MP David Gikaria and his Nakuru Town West counterpart Samuel Arama had been mentioned as persons of interest in the matter.

Bahati MP Kimani Ngunjiri voluntarily recorded a statement on claims that he knows the financiers.

Ngunjiri is said to have informed the security team that the gang had been transported to Nakuru by influential people to commit crime.

Matiang’i, Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai, and Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) George Kinoti are set to visit on Wednesday and give more directions on the resolutions agreed in the area.