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Police ban night discos ahead of the festive season
12th December, 2025 04:23 PM
As the festive season draws closer, the police have tightened their plans afoot to ensure security in a period when crime rates surge.
For instance, in Emuhaya sub-county in Vihiga County, Officer Commanding Police Division (OCPD) Opere Ongosi has warned residents to avoid night jamborees, citing safety concerns.
Speaking on Friday, December 12, 2025, during Jamhuri Day, Ongosi said the ban aims at curbing insecurity cases in the area during the festive season.
” We have banned any form of night music, DISCOs. Anyone who will be found flouting the order will be dealt with firmly and decisively. I have instructed my security teams to impound those music items and arrest the owners who will be playing music DISCOs at night. Those music instruments will not be released to the owner, and this aims to curb cases of insecurity,” Ongosi said.
Ongosi said he has directed security officers to impound night music systems, noting that criminals exploit night discos, and assured that measures are in place for a safe December and New Year in Emuhaya and Vihiga.
Tackling crime rates menace
The OCPD also asked parents to take care of their young children during this festive season, not to engage in crime and other unethical behaviour, warning that highway criminals are stealing from long-distance trucks along the Kisumu-Busia highway.
He revealed that he has deployed plainclothes police officers who are manning the highway.
“I am sounding a warning to those highway criminals robbing long-distance trucks along the Kisumu-Busia road. I have deployed my officers, and they will deal with you accordingly,” he cautioned.
At the same time, he said the security officials are going to conduct inspection of all bars and restaurants in the area to ensure they comply with the set laws and regulations.
” We are going to inspect all bars and restaurants in the area to ensure they comply with the set laws, regulations and standards. Those bars and restaurants that have not complied with regulations will be closed,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, has affirmed to Kenyans of heightened security measures across the country as the festive season approaches.
Kanja said the National Police Service (NPS) is already working closely with regional commanders and other security agencies to ensure that citizens, businesses and visitors enjoy peace and safety during the December holidays.
Speaking on Thursday, November 6, 2025, during a consultative meeting with regional commanders in South C, Nairobi, the IG said the coordination of security operations is key in detecting and preventing crime before it occurs.
Kanja said that regular consultations among commanders and intelligence units allow the police to be adequately prepared and responsive to emerging threats.
“We must, from time to time, come together to discuss and strategise because we must at all times remain a step ahead of criminals,” Kanja said.
“We are hopeful that even as the festive season draws closer, all Kenyans will have enough security.”
He noted that coordinated operations will be intelligence-led, involving officers from the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), ground commanders, and local police formations.
