Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i has assured Kenyans that the government will respect their decision and choice in the August General Election.
Speaking in Nyamira, Matiang'i said the government will ensure the rights of Kenyans are upheld, even as he assured of free and fair polls.
He noted that all security plans are in place for a peaceful election and called on Kenyans to be responsible and avoid election-instigated violence.
On Friday, Matiang'i said the government is closely monitoring security along volatile borders, which usually erupt into artificial ethnic clashes during electoral periods.
He disclosed that those who are hell-bent on inciting ethnic violence will face prosecution.
“The government is closely monitoring politicians from communities living along volatile borders in an effort to prevent any election violence,” said Dr Matiang’i.
He also launched various development projects in Nyamira, including a Sh3.6 billion road connecting Nyamira and Bomet counties.
The 60 kilometre tarmac road from Eronge to Kineni junction in Borabu Constituency will help ease movement in the two counties as well as open the area for agriculture and economic development.
Dr Matiang’i said even though the country is on a political mood, as civil servants, they were concentrating on development as that is their core mandate.
They also donated Sh10 million to Nyandoche-Ibere Girls Secondary School for the construction of a dormitory and launched the construction of Magombo police post which will help boost security along the volatile Borabu border.
