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Police Meet Over Crime
The East African Standard (Nairobi)
4 February 2008
Cyrus Ombati
Nairobi
Top police commanders in Nairobi were on Sunday holed up in a
daylong meeting to discuss trends of crime in the post-election
period.
The officers from the nine police divisions were summoned to the
meeting to strategise on how to control the emerging security
threats.
Violent crimes, including robbery, mugging, murder and stealing,
are on the rise in the city.
The crime has been attributed to violence that has since driven
many employees out of their work places.
The Nairobi PPO, Mr Njue Njagi, and his CID counterpart, Mr Isaya
Osugo, addressed the meeting at the provincial headquarters
offices.
This is the first such meeting since the violence began.
Those who attended said the police chiefs were concerned with the
rate of crime in the city and urged OCPDs and CID officers to
contain the situation.
"The Crime rate is rising because of the political situation and
we met to discuss the issue and come up with strategies to contain
it," said one officer.
Collection of criminal intelligence and police patrols to be
enhanced.
The divisional commanders were asked to talk to their juniors to
ensure there were no divisions or suspicions.
There have been allegations of sharp divisions in the force since
last December with some officers taking sides in containing the
violence.
The divisional commanders at the meeting were those from Ngong,
Kilimani, Central, Gigiri, Embakasi, Buruburu, Kayole, Lang'ata
and Kasarani.
Newly posted divisional commanders of Kilimani and Kasarani were
introduced.
Meanwhile, the Commissioner of Police, Maj-Gen Hussein Ali, has
summoned top police commanders to discuss political violence.
Ali has called all deputy PPOs for a meeting in his office today
to discuss how to contain violence in Nyanza, Nairobi, Western,
and Rift Valley, Central and Coast provinces.
Elsewhere, police are investigating an attack on a man at a bus
terminus.
Police said Mr Kyalo Kathenge was attacked and injured by a group
of six men as he walked home last Friday.
"They assaulted me after questioning me about my brother's
whereabouts. When I told them that my brother had left the country,
they hit me several times," said the victim.
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