Govt deploys KDF over anti-Finance Bill 2024 protests

Protesters storm Parliament building on Tuesday June 25, 2024. PHOTO/ @Winnie_Odinga/X.

The government has gazetted the deployment of the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) to assist the National Police Service amid ongoing protests against the Finance Bill 2024. In the gazette notice dated Tuesday, June 25, 2024, Cabinet Secretary for Defence Aden Duale said the government called upon the KDF to support in maintaining order after the […]

‘We are ready to use military forces to eradicate banditry’ – CS Duale

Defense Cabinet Secretary Aden Duale has vowed to employ all necessary measures to eradicate the menace of banditry in several counties in Kenya. Addressing attendees at a fundraiser event in Mt. Elgon, Bungoma County on Sunday, April 14th, Duale reiterated the commitment of the Kenya Kwanza government to stamp out banditry and criminal gangs in […]