Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang’i has said the government is putting measures in place to maintain peace and security within informal settlement areas across the county
Speaking in Nairobi, Matiang’i said security agencies are continuously monitoring the situation in places prone to lawlessness and crime during the election season.
The CS revealed that a security monitoring and rapid response strategy specifically designed for informal settlements in Nairobi and other major towns was already in place.
He added that a hotspots policing strategy based on a heat map showing insecurity prone areas is also undergoing progressive reviews.
“We want to keep on improving. So far, there is nothing that can warrant the raising of the level of alert in the country. We have a functional early warning system that begins at the community level and a robust information sharing structure, and wananchi themselves have been key cogs in this framework,” he said