Government cannot arm Nyumba Kumi volunteers

Mwea MP Kabinga Wachira addressing a security meeting at Wanguru grounds near Ngurubani town which had been convened by the Central Regional Commissioner Wilson Njega on Thursday following the killing of two Ndindiruku village residents. [Photo: Munene Kamau/Standard]

The government cannot arm Nyumba Kumi volunteers since their mandate in clearly spelt out, Central Regional Commissioner Wilson Njega has said.

Njega said arming this cadre of grassroots informers would be tantamount to creating a militia within the community.