East Africa News
By Wachira Mwangi,The Citizen Correspondent
In Summary
- Mr Mayek said that the 11 were set to be arraigned in court yesterday morning to face charges
Nairobi. More than 50 people
were on Monday night arrested in a fresh police crackdown in Mombasa
County in what the officers say is their quest to eliminate criminals
and illegal immigrants.
Mombasa police boss Geoffrey Mayek confirmed they had arrested 55 people saying that most of them had no identification.
“Yesterday between 10 and 11 pm we conducted a
swoop within Majengo, King’orani and areas of the Central Business
District whereby we netted 55 people who did not have any form of
identification,” He said.
The suspects spent the night at the Makupa police
station where they were sorted out and the police identified 11 of them
who did not have any documentation at all. Among them are four Somalis,
one Tanzanian and six others who claimed to be Kenyans.
Mr Mayek said that the 11 were set to be arraigned
in court yesterday morning to face charges in accordance with the law.
He said that the crackdown will continue to ensure that all illegal
emigrants are netted.
“Any person who doesn’t have identification surely
we cannot take chance with him because we do not know their intention. A
good and genuine person will always ensure he or she has proper
documents to show who they are, what they do, where they stay and why
they are in Kenya,” Mr Mayek advised.
He called on all citizens to ensure that they walk
with their identification cards or passport to ensure that they do not
fall on the wrong side of the law.
On Saturday night, the security agents carried out
a similar operation in Changamwe area where 67 people were arrested on
Saturday night in a door-to -door crackdown. However, residents have
accused police of harassment with some of those affected by the swoop
accusing officers, especially in the Changamwe area, of breaking into
their homes and guest rooms in the dead of the night.
Nairobi crackdown
Meanwhile, the police crackdown to flush out illegal migrants in Nairobi extended to South C estate.
The door to door search was conducted for hours, with police arresting people who did not have valid identification documents.
This is the first time the police crackdown has extended beyond Eastleigh in the city
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