Gachagua clash with Kamket over police deployment in Tiaty
Gachagua clash with Kamket over police deployment in Tiaty constituency to tackle bandits in the North Rift region.
William Kamaket, a Member of Parliament (MP) from Tiaty, was reprimanded by Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua for asking President William Ruto to have police officers stationed in his constituency withdrawn.
On Sunday, November 13, during a church service in Baringo county, Gachagua informed Kamket that the officers would not be withdrawn until order was restored in the region.
The DP urged the member to first call his residence to order after explaining that banditry attacks have turned into a threat.
“Those officers in Tiati are there because they have work to do. The only way to remove them is for you as the leaders in the region to sit and agree on how those in possession of guns have returned them.
“Before the guns are returned, we will not withdraw them. That will be impossible,” Gachagua declared while his boss was seated.
With talks of insecurity in the North Rift dominating the service, Baringo Woman Representative Florence Jematia blatantly told Kamket that reaching a permanent resolution on the matter lay with him.
“Only Kamket can best help us solve this menace because he is privy to the individuals who carry out those attacks, but I believe we can all work together as MPs from Baringo,” Jematia stated.
President Ruto came to the rescue of the KANU man, who has found refuge in the Kenya Kwanza camp, insisting that he was a peace lover and was only being coerced. However, he maintained that the government would be ruthless in dealing with insecurity.
“Kamket is a leader who wants peace but is being pushed by individuals who blackmailed him with their support during the elections but that period is over.
“The issue of disrupting peace and issuing guns to residents must stop. They will either do it voluntarily or by force, there are no two ways about it,” Ruto stated.
Ruto assured the residents that life in the region will be restored to normalcy including the reopening of schools that were closed over security concerns.
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