MP Rigathi Gachagua Gives President Uhuru Ultimatum Over Laikipia Skirmishes
Mathira Member of Parliament, Rigathi Gachagua, has issued an ultimatum to President Uhuru Kenyatta over the ongoing clashes in Laikipia County.
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Speaking on Thursday, Gachagua demanded the President Uhuru should use his power as the Commander-in-Chief and deploy Kenya Defense Forces (KDF) to restore calm in the troubled region.
The outspoken legislature further asked the president to make the order on deployment as early as Friday, September 10.
"I am calling on our President who is also the Commander-in-Chief to deploy the Kenya Defence Forces in Laikipia to stop the skirmishes and displacement of the population. We elected the President, not Matiang'i and Mutyambai to protect life and property," Gachagua stated.
Gachagua asked President Uhuru to personally take charge of the operation in order to bring to an end the crisis and ensure that the residents are resettled.
"We ask our President to take personal charge of the situation to have the bandits flushed out, normalcy restored and those displaced assisted to rebuild their lives."
Gachagua argued that it does not make sense that KDF is still on a mission in Somalia yet Laikipia is in a crisis.
"It is purely nonsensical to send out troops to assist in Somalia when our people are being displaced with impunity and government officials admit our police are helpless. Let us deploy the military in Laikipia as early as tomorrow (Friday) morning," Gachagua insisted.
He also echoed DP Ruto's sentiments that Interior Cabinet Secretary, Fred Matiang'i, and Inspector General of Police, Hillary Mutyambai, were busy politicking instead of addressing the Laikipia issue.
"We are bitter with the wanton butchering of our people in Laikipia as the Interior CS Fred Matiang'i and Inspector General of Police continue meddling with politics and have practically no time to address the crisis."
The call to deploy KDF to Laikipia was first made by the Council of Governors through their chair, Embu Governor Martin Wambora.
"We are now going back to the 1980s within the epicenter of the volatility known as 'Suguta Valley Triangle' consisting of border areas of seven constituencies; namely Laikipia, Samburu, Baringo, Isiolo, Marsabit, West Pokot, and Turkana county," part of the Council of Governor's statement read.
