Interior and National Administration Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has put on notice drug traffickers in the country.
Speaking to the media during his Jukwaa La Usalama tour of Isiolo, the CS issued a stern warning, stating that the government is now cracking down on drug barons who were using the town as
a conduit.
The CS said the drug menace in Isiolo is only second to Nairobi and Mombasa, naming cocaine, cannabis, and heroin as the most used and trafficked substances.
He said drug traffickers are powerful people, some of whom are heavily armed.
“We have made significant progress in tackling drug trafficking in this county. We are now targeting those behind the trafficking networks to ensure we completely dismantle this menace,” he said.
Isiolo has been in the spotlight due to a surge in abuse of hard drugs in recent days, with the county serving as a transit route for trafficking from neighboring Ethiopia.
This has prompted a government-led crackdown under Operation Ondoa Jangili, targeting cross-border drug trade.
The operation has so far been successful, with authorities seizing drugs worth millions and arresting dozens of notorious peddlers, including 78 foreign nationals.
“Operation Ondoa Jangili has done a commendable job in the fight against drug trafficking in this area. We have seized tonnes of drugs in transit that would have destroyed our youth, and we have brought those responsible to justice,” said CS.
He was accompanied by MPs Joseph Samal ( Isiolo South) and Mohamed Tubi ( Isiolo North), General Service Unit Commandant Ranson Lolmodooni, Eastern Regional Commissioner Paul Rotich, and Isiolo County Commissioner Geoffrey Omoding, among other senior security and administrative officials.
