It is a
shame that about 5,000 pupils are out of school as a result of armed-bandit
activity in parts of Rift Valley.
The
nation is actually just standing by as anti-social forces destroy the future of
these children by denying them a chance to be at school due to insecurity.
Does
this mean the government is so helpless it cannot once and for all deal with
the banditry menace?
How long
will the killings, displacement of innocent families and livestock theft, persist?
People cannot continue living in IDP camps yet we have a government in place
and it is peacetime.
Government
must immediately address the problem and ensure all these children out of
school are safely back in class.
The Kenya
Police Air Wing needs to become much more than transport for senior officers,
their families and guests. Banditry is terrestrial activity, bandits strike and
escape mostly on foot. Rapid airborne responses by elite units such as the GSU would
swiftly and seriously degrade bandits anywhere in Kenya.
