Interior CS Kithure Kindiki has said the government has cleared bandits and other criminals from their hideouts as he declared the ongoing operation in the North Rift a big success.
Speaking in the Senate on Wednesday, Kindiki said that security forces have reclaimed gorges and other caves where the bandits had turned them into their homes.
"All these places, the caves, gorges and ravines, all others that were being used as hideouts for bandits have been cleared and dominated by security forces," he said.
The CS said the recent cases of bandit attacks are as a result of a few bandits who mixed up with members of the public after the government issued a 24-hour notice to vacate certain places that were considered hideouts.
"After the 24-hour order for the public to leave these dangerous areas, unintended and unaccepted criminals took the notice to mix with other members of the public," he said.
He, however, said that the government has opted for an intelligence-led operation to wipe out all the bandits that may have infiltrated the public.
The CS was responding to questions by Samburu senator Steve Lelegwe who sought answers on the status of security in the County.
The revelations come weeks after the government mounted a joint operation of the police and the military in various counties that had been run over by the bandits
They are Samburu, Elgeyo Marakwet, Baringo, Turkana, West Pokot and Marsabit
