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Kindiki: Police reservists to continue helping police and KDF in bandit prone areas

Kindiki

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki speaking at Garissa University on November 13, 2023. He said the state will not victimise North Eastern Region residents when fighting terrorism.

Photo credit: Manase Otsialo | Nation Media Group

What you need to know:

  • Interior CS Kithure Kindiki said they have reviewed the progress of Operation Maliza Uhalifu in bandit-hit areas.
  • To seal off operational gaps, government reorganising the management, command and control of the National Police Reservists (NPR) to supplement the Police Service (NPS) and Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in the operation.

The government is targeting to reorganise the management, command and control of the National Police Reservists (NPR) to supplement the capabilities of the National Police Service (NPS) and Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) in the operation. 

On a tour to the banditry prone Ng’aratuko village in Baringo North on Tuesday, Interior CS Kithure Kindiki on a meeting with local security heads and field commanders said they have reviewed the progress of Operation Maliza Uhalifu, a security operation mounted by the state in February to tame the perennial bandit attacks in the insecurity prone Baringo, Turkana, Elgeyo Marakwet, Samburu, West Pokot and Laikipia Counties.