Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen has warned scrap metal dealers who vandalise critical infrastructure, such as roads and electricity installations, to source their wares.
Speaking on Saturday, April 26, the CS announced that the ministry had already deployed officers across the country to deal with those offenders and was working with the judiciary to ensure heavier penalties for culprits. "Going forward, we will continue deploying better strategies to ensure that those people who are vandalising our roads and our critical infrastructure for scrap metal are dealt with decisively," Murkomen stated. "Otherwise, we intend to have general cooperation with the judiciary.
We don't want suspects of high crimes being given lenient bail terms and then being released to society to continue harassing us in the country." A pile of scrap metals at a garage in Kenya, October 17, 2016.
Photo SMC The CS further observed that critical progress had been achieved in the ongoing crackdown, with one such criminal gang having been dismantled.
