In Msambweni, Kwale County, two police commanders were transferred on Monday in response to attacks by the Panga Boys, a criminal gang.
Zachary Mose of Diani Officer Commanding Station (OCS) and Ahmed Hillow, the head of the Msambweni Sub-County Police, are the two transferred officers.
According to police headquarters, new police commanders have been dispatched to the region with the directive to address the threat posed by criminal groups.
This comes after recent incidents in which criminal gangs robbed people after attacking and injuring communities.
Ali Nuno, the Coast Regional Police Commander, was in the area for the majority of Monday, talking to residents about the importance of working together to combat the gang.
Nuno has initiated a systematic and intentional crackdown on young males who have been needlessly attacking and robbing inhabitants of Kwale’s Diani area and Mombasa’s Likoni coastal towns, along with a number of other elected regional officials.
He has started holding sessions with the teenagers and elders as part of a series of initiatives that mix community involvement with strict enforcement of the law.
In addition to directing all commanders under him to take the initiative, it is hoped that this would pay off.
This occurred as roughly 100 young boys turned themselves in to the police and vowed to stop what they described as illegal activity.
According to the group, their lack of employment has driven them to commit crimes.
In order to support them, county government representatives pledged to take in some of the people who turned themselves in.
Nuno attributed the pattern in the area to bad parenting.
” All of these problems are the result of poor parenting, and we need to address them now before it’s too late,” he stated.
This happened after young people from Panga Welding broke into some stores in Diani, stole, and hurt locals.
The group had just returned from a funeral service in the neighborhood where 29-year-old Juma Said had been fatally stabbed before attacking gullible residents.
To combat the threat, police said they have now increased their manpower and activated additional equipment in the region.
In an effort to curb the practice, authorities have so far arrested about 25 young people.
To aid with the operations, more staff have been dispatched to the area.
