The ongoing security operation to flush out bandits in the troubled North Rift region will be led by Deputy Inspector General of Police Noor Gabow, the National Police Service has announced.
In a statement on Monday, March 13, NPS said Gabow will be the new commander in charge of the operation dubbed “Maliza Uhalifu North Rift” being carried out by the police and officers from the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF).
“Mr Gabow met with the Commander Kenya Army Lieutenant General Peter Mbogo Njiru at Chemolingot Multi-Agency Command Centre on March 11, 2023, as part of their strategic security engagement,” NPS said.
Yesterday the government ordered residents to vacate 27 escarpments, forests and gorges in Baringo, West Pokot, Laikipia, Turkana and Samburu counties within 24 hours ahead of a major security operation.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Prof Kithure Kindiki said the security agencies had finally found a way around the bad terrain and is expected to upscale security operations in the banditry-infected North Rift by taking the war to their hideouts by land and air.
“This vice has been supported all along by a toxic mix of bad terrain, weapon supply and banditry leadership. We have found a way around the bad terrain. Therefore, security agencies will now onwards be taking the war to the bandits,” the CS said.
