President William Ruto has defended the Inspector General of police Douglas Kanja’s attendance of his Nyeri political rally, asserting that the IG was on a crucial development assignment in the region.
Speaking when touring the Kenya Police housing in Chuka, Tharaka Nithi County, President Ruto added that the Ig had to be in the Nyeri tour as he was handing over title over deeds to housing units that other belong to the police.
“Many of the people want to bring unnecessary confusion. I was in Nyeri to hand over title deeds to people, citizens in Nyeri who deserve them. The IG came to that function, and people want to vilify him over his presence at a meeting where we were serving the public,” Ruto stated.
On Wednesday, April 2, the IG joined Ruto during his Mt. Kenya tour and took the opportunity to address the masses. While at the rally, the IG assured Kenyans that the police service remains committed to upholding law and order without fear or favour, emphasizing that the police will serve all Kenyans equally, regardless of their political affiliations.
Ruto further pushed back the Law society of Kenya for demanding the IG to apologies or resign from his post and called for an end for politicizing his Mount Kenya development tour .
“IG, we will continue working with the men in uniform to make sure that we secure the country, develop our country and secure the development of our nation,” he posited.
“And for your information, IG, whenever you are not there, there are so many other officers who represent you, and there is no difference. And they do not come to talk about politics. In the meeting in Nyeri, there were almost 300 officers — why single out the IG?” Ruto quipped.
President Ruto further rubbished the opposition sentiments claiming that he is on a campaign mode in the mountain Kenya saying it is not yet time.