•Kindiki commended the efforts that saw the handover of heads of cattle that had been stolen, and recovered in full, and rewarded security officers, local leaders and youth whose collaborative efforts have realised the recovery in the area.
•He was accompanied by Security officers to Posta where he held a meeting and later spoke to residents.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki being shown recovered herds of cattle that were stolen at Posta in Laikipia county on December 29, 2023
Cattle rustling in Northern Kenya has over the years become an organised criminal enterprise responsible for deaths, destitution and displacement.
Its impacts are severe. It deprives pastoral communities their economic mainstay and aggravates the conditions of poverty in the rangelands, fuelling communal grievances and revenge attacks.
On Friday, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki was in Laikipia county to assess the security situation.
He was accompanied by Security officers to Posta where he held a meeting and later spoke to residents.
"To dismantle the infrastructure of cattle rustlers and facilitators, the Government is sustaining the war on banditry and its perpetrators, enablers, benefactors and beneficiaries by making banditry a painful venture, ensuring recovery of stolen livestock and rewarding facilitators of recoveries," Kindiki said.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki after arriving at Posta in Laikipia county where he was assessing the security situation on December 29, 2023Recovered heards of cattle that were stolen at Posta in Laikipia county Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki at Posta in Laikipia county where he was assessing the security situation on December 29, 2023Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki being after arriving at Posta in Laikipia county where he was assessing the security situation on December 29, 2023Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki speaking at Posta in Laikipia county where he was assessing the security situation on December 29, 2023Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki speaking at Posta in Laikipia county on December 29, 2023Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki being after arriving at Posta in Laikipia county where he was assessing the security situation on December 29, 2023Chairman National Cohesion and Integration Commission in Kenya Francis Xavier Ole Kaparo welcoming Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki at Posta in Laikipia county on December 29, 2023Residents at Posta in Laikipia county where he was assessing the security situation on December 29, 2023
Kindiki commended the efforts that saw the handover of heads of cattle that had been stolen, and recovered in full, and rewarded security officers, local leaders and youth whose collaborative efforts have realised the recovery in the area.
The Interior boss noted that to dismantle the infrastructure of cattle rustlers and facilitators, the government is sustaining the war on banditry and its perpetrators, enablers, benefactors and beneficiaries by making banditry a painful venture.
Security officers welcoming Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki at Posta in Laikipia county on December 29, 2023Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki at Posta in Laikipia county where on December 29, 2023A Kenyan flag flying as Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki gives his speech at Posta in Laikipia county where he was assessing the security situation on December 29, 2023