Banditry: IG Koome in Kainuk as Turkana security intensified after police killings
Inspector-General of Police Japhet Koome. He arrived in Kainuk, Turkana County, a day after President William Ruto directed that the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) join the security operation to weed out bandits.
Inspector-General of Police Japhet Koome arrived in Kainuk Tuesday morning as authorities heightened security near the border of Turkana and West Pokot counties following rampant bandit attacks.
A spot check of the road between Kainuk and Kaakong, near the area where officers were killed by suspected Pokot bandits over the weekend, revealed intensified security patrols by police officers in armoured personnel carriers and Land Cruisers.
