Leaders and the local community from Kajiado North Sub-County on Thursday held a day-long meeting to address and discuss security matters following protests that were held on June 25 that had seen businesses premises destroyed.
Held at Beacon of Hope in Ongata Rongai and chaired by the Ngong Assistant County Commissioner, Metrin Matingi, various leaders called for an increase in police personnel in the area.
Onesmus Ngogoyo, the MP for Kajiado North, said that the police-to-population ratio in Rongai was too low and thus overwhelmed by demonstrators.
Ongata Rongai was one of the areas that the protests immensely affected, with a lot of business premises destroyed, cars vandalized, and lives lost. "As much as the holding of peaceful protests is stipulated in the constitution, people are not allowed to take part in protests in areas where they don't belong," said Ngogoyo.
