The Star
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Internal Security minister George Saitoti has revealed that several
people including Kenyans and foreigners have been arrested and are being
interrogated by detectives in connection with the recent terror
attacks.Saitoti who declined to reveal more details about the
investigations but blamed the attacks on Al Shabaab and their Al Qaeda
allies vowed that the government will ensure that those responsible for
the attacks will be arrested and charged. " We have had several attacks
and police and the government is investigating the case. There have
been arrests and we can't reveal our investigations. Some of those
arrested are Kenyans while others are foreigners. The government is not
going to rest until we come to the bottom of the case. We will ensure
that those bent on creating disharmony and despondency within the
country will be dealt with," Saitoti said.
The minister said that
the government will not sit back and let people who have messed up their
country do that to Kenya. " This people have messed up their country
and we will not allow them to do that to Kenya. We will win the fight.
Kenyans should be alert for suspicious people or activities around
them," the minister said. Saitoti revealed that security agents have
thwarted many attempts by suspected terrorists to carry out attacks in
the country and would continue tom do so without endangering the lives
if Kenyans. " " They have tried many times to carry out attacks but we
have stopped them We will be able to come on top of this people,"
Saitoti said.
He urged police to work diligently because the
government was committed to the reforms which will be symmetrical and
will address their welfare including remuneration and capacity
enhancement. Saitoti thanked Britain and other donor countries for
assisting the country i its war against terror especially at a time when
the country bis facing attacks because of deploying troops to Somalia
in pursuit of the Al Shabaab insurgent militia group. He said that
several police officers have been trained by British security agencies
in passenger profiling to enhance their capacity in the fight against
terror.