TSP leader Mwangi Kiunjuri has called for the return of Kenya Police Reservists in Laikipia County to curb banditry attacks.
Speaking at the TSP headquarters in Upper Hill, Nairobi on June 2, 2021, Kiunjuri, a former Laikipia East MP, expressed concern that the presence of law enforcement officials has not kept away the bandits.
"When we had our home guards, there were no cases of attacks, this is because no police officer would agree to enter into a forest to face the attackers, but these home guards can," he said.
He also called for the interrogation of politicians suspected to be fuelling the attacks, questioning the government's inability to prosecute anyone despite having long hands.
"How come the government has long hands as claimed, but is yet to prosecute anybody? There has been a pattern of banditry from the past and the government has been seeing their movements. What does the government knows that we don’t?" he posed.
Laikipia County has seen 12 people killed in the last three weeks, and Kiunjuri has pleaded with residents not to flee their homes as the situation is being addressed.
"We have become IDPs in our own land. But we are saying we shall not move out of Laikipia, unless we are going to heaven," he said.
