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PC decries high crime rate in Kisii

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Published on Tuesday, 14 June 2011 19:23

A senior regional commissioner yesterday decried rampant cases of domestic violence, murder and suicide in Kisii and Nyamira Counties. Eastern Nyanza Regional Commissioner Lydia Muriuki said the area recorded a high number of lynchings of suspected witches, rape, defilement, suicide and children killing their parents over land in the past one year.

Addressing DCs, DOs, chiefs and from fourteen districts which make up the two counties, Muriuki said the fight against such crime can only be won if locals help combat it. “You must involve the public if you want to curb such unfortunate incidents which keep on haunting the community,” Muriuki said. She urged the provincial administration  to execute their duties diligently in order to gain public confidence.

The RC asked the administrators not to be afraid of their fate in the new constitutional dispensation order but be proud of their work. She urged the officers to further their education so as to fit in the highly competitive job market. “Don’t be contented that with the qualifications you werer employed with. You must go for further studies if you want compete favourably in the job market,” she said.