The Inspector-General of Police was not involved in the controversial launching of Lanet Police Station in Nakuru by Deputy President William Ruto, Rift Valley Regional Commissioner George Natembeya now states.
According to the administrator, the event’s organizers, led by Bahati Member of Parliament Kimani Ngunjiri, did not follow the required procedure for opening the station, and that formal handover will take place once the investigation is completed.
The Inspector-General of Police, according to Natembeya, is responsible for the establishment and gazettement of a police station or post, as well as its equipment and staffing.
He called the station’s opening procedure “shambolic,” saying that public institutions should not be associated with political groups.
Ngunjiri’s assertion that he was behind the station’s development was false, according to Natembeya, who also pointed out that members of parliament do not have influence over projects sponsored by the National Government’s Constituency Development Funds (NG-CDF).
“When you build such a lovely edifice and cover it with so many writings, you are defacing it yourself,” he continued.
Senior police officers and administrators did not show up for the occasion on Saturday morning, leaving Lanet Police Station OCS as the only senior officer to meet with Ruto.
