Thika West District To Get Three New Divisions.
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| Thika West DCC Tom Anjere addressing the press. He is franked by OCPD Erastus Muthamia (extreme right),DAPC Samuel Ombonya (2nd right), Prisons Commander Samson Kunzu and Head of Intelligence Terrah Avuya. |
This was revealed during a Thika leaders’ forum at Cravers
Inn spearheaded by the Deputy County Commissioner (DCC) Mr. Tom Anjere.
According to the proposals by that were ratified by these
leaders, the Township Assistant County Commissioner’s (Formerly D.O) offices
will be housed at the current Thika DCC’s offices. Kariminu and Makongeni ACCs
will be stationed at Karibaribi and Kiang’ombe respectively.
“These divisions are in line with the government’s policy of
bringing services closer to the people. We can also look at them as new job
opportunities for the people of Thika West Sub-County because we will definitely
need human resource to work in these offices. What is now left is for us to
take these proposals to the interior Ministry for the final ratification before
we can embark on the recruitment of the personnel to work in them,” said
Anjere.
The national government recently okayed the proposal to
restructure divisions after Juja Sub-County broke off from the former Thika
West and Ruiru Sub-Counties. A committee headed by Mr. Anjere had recommended
formation of three new revenue divisions, up from the previous two. The divisions
also saw the restructuring of the former locations and sub-locations within the
sub-county, creating more administrative units, hence new job vacancies for
chiefs and their assistants.
These ratifications will be placed before the office of the
president through the Ministry of Internal Security for final approval.
The forum, that was attended by all the senior members of
the district security team, the area MP Alice Ng’ang’a, members of community
policing, the business community and other stakeholders, also doubled up as a
platform to deliberate on ways to streamline the security situation in the
region where the over 300 participants came with various suggestions on how
best they could secure the district. The participants aired various security
and moral issues of concern in the area with the security team helping them to
come up with communal solutions.
Otherwise, the DCC warned that his administration would not tolerate
any form of hooliganism especially as we approached the General Elections. He also
suggested that all area landlords to have a list of all the tenants who lived
in their rented house as a pre-cautional measure to tame cases of insecurity in
the district.
“My office is aware of some politicians and residents who
were taking advantage of the freedom of association and picketing to hire goons
to cause chaos whenever they have an issue with any particular office. This trend
is gaining momentum especially from those who want to gain political mileage at
the expense of peace and stability. I would like to state categorically here
that my office is open to everybody and I am ready to listen to all forms of
grievances. That is why I am warning those who are hell bent to cause trouble
that my security team will deal with them ruthlessly. We are not going to
condone any form of hooliganism in the form of ‘Haki Yetu’!” said the DCC.
“We are also going to develop a template that will be used
by landlords to enter relevant data for all tenants residing in their rental premises.
I would also encourage residents to form estate associations that will help
them create a formidable voice to air their grievances to relevant offices,” he
added.
Anjere also requested employers to provide their employees
with employees’ identity cards as a pre-cautional measure to separate them from
idlers and criminals especially when they were travelling at night. Bodaboda operators
were also requested to come up with proper and distinct ways of identifying
genuine operators so as to help the police in nabbing motorbike criminals who
were terrorising residents.
Present in the meeting included Thika West OCPD Erastus
Muthama, DAPC Samuel Ombonya, Thika Prisons’ Commander Samson Kunzu among
others.
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