The government has issued a new security measures in a bid to stop banditry and cattle rustling in the North Rift region.

On Thursday, CS Kithure Kindiki  during his visit to the North Rift region, to asses the progress, he issued the immediate fencing of Kokoron hills and caves, Tandare valley, Arabal hills, Ng’elecha ravine and Mukogodo forest , this after the bandits were flushed out in the ongoing operation.

“Most of the hills, gorges, ravines and escarpments where bandits were hiding are now cleaned up. We must ensure that these armed criminals don’t gang up and return to those areas.

“These areas will be fenced off permanently dominated by a multi-agency security deployment to ensure that dangerous criminals do not creep back in there to launch attacks on our people.”

The CS also said that security camps will be set up to ensure that the armed criminals and bandits do not regroup.

He said that the government will clear a way for the Kenya Defense Forces(KDF)soldiers with adequate funds to oversee the reconstruction of learning institutions that were destroyed by the bandits.

“An initial allocation of Ksh.100M has been released for rehabilitation of all schools that were damaged by bandits. KDF officers will manage the reconstruction,” he said.

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