There has been a rise in murder cases in Nyandarua, with police data indicating that about nine people, most of them women, have been murdered in a span of six months.As a result, a special crime prevention team is set to be deployed to Nyandarua County to help fight rising cases of insecurity, including recent gruesome murders targeting women and children in the region.The killings by unknown people appear to follow the same patterns, with the murderers preferring to pounce on women and children at night.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i, said the team that was being assembled by Inspector General of Police Hillary Mutyambai will help pursue the masterminds and perpetrators of crimes that have been happening. While touring the region, Matiang’i said that the government will protect the vulnerable abd bring to book those who are involved in the gruesome murders. Matiang’i also asked chiefs to collaborate with religious leaders to reverse the trend of the rising cases of gender-based violence in the county.
The CS was accompanied by Cabinet Secretaries Sicily Kariuki (Water), Mutahi Kagwe (Health), the Inspector General of Police, Central Regional Commissioner Wifred Nyagwanga and local leaders led by Governor Francis Kimemia.
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