•NPS Spokesperson Bruno Shioso said there is a clear structure of command coordinating all the agencies participating in the multiagency operations.
•NPS Spokesperson Bruno Shioso said the NPS and the KDF within the disturbed area are leading the operations.
The National Police Service has denied claims that it lacks a clear command structure in the ongoing security operation in Laikipia.
In a statement on Thursday, NPS Spokesperson Bruno Shioso said there is a clear structure of command coordinating all the agencies participating in the multiagency operations.
According to Shioso, the NPS and the Kenya Defence Forces within the disturbed area are leading the operations.
He was responding to news article by Nation. Africa which claimed lack of a clear command structure is hampering security operations in Laikipia.
Several police units have been deployed to quell violence in volatile Laikipia North and Laikipia West, but
The article titled 'Kenya: Lack of Clear Command Structure Hampers Police Operation in Laikipia', read in part:
"The Nation has learnt that units and formations from various Administration Police units, the Kenya Police and GSU are operating separately and only converge at the Ol Moran Police Station to formulate strategy. This situation has undermined their operations, with some officers saying unit commanders sometimes issue contradictory instructions."
According to the article, a police corporal said the bandits Iin Laikipia Nature Conservancy seem to be better organised than the officers.
Several leaders have blamed Inspector-General of Police Hillary Mutyambai, Interior CS Fred Matian'gi and Inspector General of Police Hilary Mutyambai over Laikipia skirmishes and killings.
13 lawmakers accused the police of laxity in the violent conflict in Laikipia and the humanitarian suffering it has caused.
Led by Kandara MP Alice Wahome, the lawmakers said the humanitarian suffering and killings have demonstrated the incompetence of the police