Kindiki To Tame Political Hecklers And Their Financiers
Kindiki To Tame Political Hecklers And Their Financiers
Prof. Kithure Kindiki, the interior cabinet secretary, now demands that individuals who heckle at political events be taken into custody and prosecuted. While on a tour of Kericho County, Kindiki issued a statement ordering security services to act quickly to quell disturbances at political gatherings.
“The security team is also tasked to rein in on incidents of disorderly conduct in political meetings, conclude investigations and apprehend the organisers, financiers and perpetrators of hooliganism in the County, regardless of their political or social standing,” Kindiki stated.
This was in reference to recent heckling when President William Ruto visited Kericho County for development matters.
As a result of several citizens heckling Kericho Governor Eric Mutai during the visit, Ruto urged peace and political tolerance. When election day arrives in 2027, the president urged the populace to use their right to vote and remove those they feel have failed to live up to their promises.
CS Kindiki met with the Kericho County Security and Intelligence Committee, chaired by County Commissioner Gabriel Kitiyo, to discuss taming the recent tussles in the community. The meeting also covered the national campaign against the production, distribution, sale, and use of illicit liquor, narcotic drugs, and psychotropic substances. DP Rigathi Gachagua, who spoke on Sunday in Kapsabet, also denounced heckling at political gatherings.
Gachagua asked the leaders of the Rift Valley to put an end to their constant bickering and concentrate on helping the people by reading them the Riot Act.
He called it deplorable and humiliating for leaders to use President Ruto as a prop while openly vying for dominance in the area in front of the head of state.
