Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has revealed that 11 of the goons who attacked Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi have fled the country.
Speaking when he appeared before the Departmental Committee on Administration and Internal Security, Murkomen said the police are working with authorities in neighbouring countries to nab the criminals.
“The DCI circulated their pictures, three suspects surrendered, however 13 escaped from the country.” Murkomen told the Members of Parliament.
“We will arrest all of them eventually as soon as they step back into the country.” Murkomen has added.
The vocal opposition senator who is part of the break out faction of the ODM Party dubbed Linda Mwananchi was brutally attacked in a hotel in the lakeside city of Kisumu.
Osotsi and the Linda Mwanchi team has, however, accused senior security officials of orchestrating the attack saying the goons are known allies of a top official in the Interior docket.
Murkomen has further waded into the proliferation of goons saying the matter is now a serious threat to national security.
“The country has witnessed a steady and concerning escalation in organized gang activity,” Murkomen told lawmakers.
“These groups have evolved from loosely organized street formations into sophisticated and adaptive criminal enterprises that operate as decentralized networks, making them more difficult to detect and dismantle.”
The Interior boss has said a report has shown that over 100 organized criminal gangs are operating in the country.
