Turkana to get first deputy county commissioner

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki will today (Thursday) instal the first deputy county commissioner.

This will operationalise the newly established Lokichogio subcounty

“In Turkana, to operationalise Lokichogio subcounty and instal the first deputy county commissioner,” Kindiki tweeted.

Kindiki on June 7 announced the creation of four new subcounties in Turkana to ease administration and tame insecurity.

He said that the four new administrative units of Suguta, Lokiriama, Aroo and Lokichogio will facilitate accessible, affordable, and expeditious delivery of services.

As part of dealing with the impacts of cattle rustling and banditry in the region, the CS announced that the joint KDF and police operation against the vice will embark on reconstructing destroyed infrastructure.

Kindiki said schools in the region destroyed will be reconstructed and modernised for Sh100 million.

“All schools in Turkana East constituency that were raided and vandalised by bandits and armed criminals, among them Napeitom, Nadome, Lokidong’iru and Ng’ilukia, will be immediately reconstructed,” he said.    BY THE STAR