To: jaluo@jaluo.com
From: dick.aduonga@ . . .

RUNAWAY INSECURITY IN KENYA WORRYING

Happy Jubilee to all fellow citizens. I was recently in Kenya and just came back in the last two weeks. The country is beautiful and has made meaningful infrastructural changes. I noticed that individuals are making very concerted efforts to invest and strive to create investment and employment opportunities in the country.

However, there is a real serious issue worth of national discourse. Runaway insecurity in Kenya is worrying and leaders must act now. The security agencies are somehow complicity in the deteriorating security situation in the country. There was this case where some local thugs hacked a security guard to death at Usenge market in Bondo and the following day the police begun their investigations. But at the same time the family decided to hire the services of a sorcerer which surprised many given the fact that the police already took the case up. But then I concluded that they did this for there was lack of confidence in the police to carry out a robust and conclusive investigation that would confidently secure successful prosecution in a court of law.

It means the public have no confidence in the security agencies enforcing the law and the thugs know it. So where are the leaders who normally make a lot of noise for the wrong reasons yet on security they are unable to challenge the government to not only beef up security but to also ensure right persons are put in charge and faithfully discharge their duties without political interference from powers high above. Something must be done now and not tomorrow. God bless Kenya.

By Dickson Aduonga