The CS revealed that the notice shall take immediate effect from 6:30 pm and will last for 30 days.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has declared 12 areas in Tana River County as disturbed and dangerous in light of ongoing inter-clan clashes in the county that have so far claimed the lives of at least 14 people.
In a Gazette notice dated Friday, October 11, the CS revealed that the notice shall take immediate effect from 6:30 pm and will last for 30 days.
He added that the directive was issued following consultation with the National Security Council, citing Section 106(1) of the National Police Service Act of 2011.
“In exercise of the powers conferred by section 106 (1) of the National Police Service Act, 2011, the Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, in consultation with the National Security Council, declares the following parts of Tana River County as security disturbed and dangerous,” reads the gazette notice.
The areas declared disturbed include Bangale Sub-county’s Madogo, Areri, Saka, Sala, Mororo, and Mbalambala locations.
In Tana North Sub-County, Hirimani, Hosingo, Dukanotu, Chewele, Nanighi, and Bura locations have also been listed.
At the same time, Inspector General Douglas Kanja directed the prohibition of the possession of firearms in the same areas. Citing Section 106(2)(a) of the National Police Service Act, Kanja directed residents to surrender all firearms in their possession immediately.
“On the taking effect of this notice, all inhabitants of the said areas are ordered, with immediate effect, to surrender all arms in their possession to the nearest Police Station, Police Post, Police Camp, and National Government Administration Offices during the hours of the day for safe custody,” Kanja noted.
“All arms surrendered shall be returned to their owners upon the revocation or termination of this notice.”
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