Police spokesman, Charles Owino, said that the DP has three levels of security handling his safety counteracting claims from about 100 MPs who had said Ruto’s security had been withdrawn.
The MPs had written a letter to Inspector General Hillary Mutyambai on Monday, February 8, highlighting their concerns over security pullout in Ruto’s events.
The legislators allied to the DP purported that there was a directive to reduce security officers from rallies Ruto takes part in, adding that this will endanger the life of the Deputy President.
Owino, however, dismissed the allegations pointing out that the DP has three levels of security assigned to him; that is the G-company, the Presidential Escort Service and the elite Recce company.
“The G- company man all his residences around the country, the Presidential Escort Service, mostly in civilian (attire), takes care of his travel alongside the special Recce Company attached to the Deputy President,” clarified Owino.
The MPs also alleged that there was a gang commissioned to stir political chaos during Ruto’s rallies, referring to incidences at Kenol, Murang’a county, Msambweni in Kwale and the absence of security at Ruto’s rally at the coast.
Kilifi North MP Owen Baya noted that they were not assigned police officers during the tour at the Coast. Nyali MP, Mohamed Ali, stated that the MPs had to acquire the services of a private security at Frere Town.
“We were without security for the entire tour. Even in a case where the DP was opening a police station built with the Constituency Development Fund, no senior police was present during the handover of the facility,†added Ali.
“We shudder at the thought of Kenya going back to the ominous dark era of the late 1960s, 1970s and 1980s,†the MPs commented during a press briefing on Monday.
The MPs pleaded with the United States and international partners to surveil the country’s state of affairs.
Source: KENYAGIST.COM
