ODM leader Raila Odinga has weighed in on the increased insecurity and daylight muggings in Nairobi County.
In a statement to newsrooms on Thursday, November 10, Odinga noted that a general sense of lawlessness was creeping back into the country.
“We may be witnessing a quick return of the old practise where individuals with political patronage use their proximity to power to harass innocent citizens and foreigners and take their property.
“A general sense of lawlessness is taking shape. Our security appears to have deteriorated overnight, with widespread incidents of daylight crimes, making families lose their loved ones to thugs in broad daylight particularly in Nairobi," he stated.
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The former Prime Minister stated that the people who destroyed the house belonging to the Westlands family should be made to pay.
“The Westlands incident, taken together with recent developments in which the Director of Public Prosecutions has moved fast to drop cases against government officials and the willingness of the Judiciary to dance to the tunes of the Executive, point to the fact that as a country, we are flirting with lawlessness.
“This is the easiest way to lose a country to criminals. Soon, the criminals will be reaching deeper into the country, getting bolder and terrorizing communities and even security officers," Odinga stated.
