Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen has directed the Inspector General of Police to track, crack down and dismantle criminal gangs with immediate effect.

Public servants, including National Government Officials (NGAOs) and police officers, found abetting these crimes will be sacked and charged.

On the other hand, CS Murkomen said politicians financing or benefitting from the activities of these gangs, are equally culpable. "Irrespective of the office they hold or social status, we will prosecute them.

I call upon the police to carry out thorough investigations to secure their conviction," the CS stated in Diani. "We must act swiftly and decisively against these gangs because history has taught us that the price of doing nothing is catastrophic," he added.