Interior CS Fred Matiang’i has revealed that police have recovered 14,000 guns and over 400,00o rounds of ammunition in the last two years.
CS Matiang’i was speaking on Tuesday, June 8 during the launch of the Excellence Charter developed by the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) to drive fundamental reforms in public prosecution over the next three years (2020-2023).
“Because we’ve become intensely materialistic, people are running money laundering rackets that have been undercover for a very long time. In two years alone, we have collected close to 14,000 guns and over 400,000 bullets from wrong hands,” he said.
He urged members of the public to step up into a more active role in fighting white-collar crime.
His clarion call comes at the backdrop of a series of sophisticated crimes uncovered by detectives, as the government banks on inter-agency collaboration to improve security.
Matiang’i linked some of the crimes to contemptible lifestyle aspirations, which have encouraged some individuals to turn to dark deals and villainous get-rich-quick schemes.
“All these people who are running wash wash activities and money laundering in estates, and
the characters who are trying to abduct kids live in our midst. It is very helpful for the public
to be conscious of the rising levels of crime,” the CS said.
He lauded the ODPP Excellence Charter as a greater commitment by the ODPP to advance inter-agency collaboration towards achieving excellence in complex litigation and emerging crimes.
The aim of this Excellence Charter is to transform the ODPP into a prosecution service that is more responsive to the needs of Kenyans.
“You have immediately thrown a challenge to all of us. You are now blazing the trail, and we need to follow suit and develop a similar culture of excellence,” Matiang’i noted.
He described DPP Haji’s decision to develop an accountability framework as the first admission by the his office that they are ready and willing to serve in a modern way.