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"speaker_name": "Hon. Kipchumba Murkomen",
"speaker_title": "The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration",
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"content": "that issue. You remember that politicians had tried to use gangs in Matungu Constituency to cause havoc. As a result of our security operations in the last few weeks, there is calm in that part of the country. There was also a resurgence of gangs in Trans Nzoia County, where local politicians were trying to recruit young boys to those gangs. Specifically, with regard to the Panga Boys in the Coast region, I want to thank the Regional Police Commander, Mr Nuno, the Regional Commissioner and his team for the work they have done to round up all those boys who were engaging in criminal activities and wielding pangas in Mombasa and Kwale Counties. Just two days ago, we arrested 120 of them in Mombasa. A good number of them have also been arrested in Kwale County. In my tour of the Coast region from Monday next week, one of the top security agendas is a complete eradication of the panga boys, who have terrorised residents for many years. We will give greater priority to that issue. Local leaders will be present at our meetings. I want to acknowledge the elected leaders of both counties, because they are cooperating with us. Without their cooperation, we would not have dealt with a number of those issues. I will be meeting with the chiefs, assistant chiefs and all security personnel in the six counties for six days next week, and this issue will be of great priority. I will be inviting all leaders to attend meetings in their county headquarters. I also saw the issue about the cruise ship reported in the news today. Hon. Zamzam raised the same issue. We have a department called the Tourist Police Unit that usually works with tourists to ensure they are safely escorted in different parts of the country. There was a lapse in operational procedure on this cruise ship because the county security team was not informed that the tourists were leaving the port to come to town. The incident happened during"
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