We in the Social Democratic Party of Kenya (SDP) express our deepest condolences to the families of the victims of the Mpeketoni Killings in Lamu County, and we wish the injured a quick recovery.
We demand that the Jubilee Government takes responsibility of Security in Kenya, instead of issuing empty pronouncements while the safety of Kenyans keeps on deteriorating.
The following paragraph is lifted from the statement that the Party issued after the Westgate attack, and the same analysis still applies:
"We have in the past pointed out the fact that the Kenya Police, under the leadership of Inspector General David Kimaiyo has been occupying itself with futile matters; for instance the power struggles with the Constitutional Police Service Commission; and other trivial matters while criminal gangs continue to terrorize and kill Kenyans in Tana River, Nairobi, Isiolo, Wajir, Bungoma and other regions in the country. The Security infrastructure has been using huge resources to spy upon good citizens, ‘to manage’ peaceful demonstrations and curtailing civil rights in the city, whereas terrorists groups continue getting space and time to organize, causing a lot of pain to the residents. We are not saying that terrorist acts and attacks can be fully stopped, but we insist that the security arms in this country need to get their priorities in order."
Benedict WACHIRA
Secretary General
16th June 2014