Kenyans using flooded roads intentionally to be arrested and charged with attempted suicide!

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki issued a directive on Monday, April 29, stating that individuals attempting to cross flooded rivers in Kenya will face arrest and charges for attempted suicide.

County Security and Intelligence Committees (CSICs) nationwide were instructed to promptly implement this directive.

“All CSICs are directed to immediately deploy enforcement teams at urban and rural road spots prone to storm water flooding and without bridges or where the water has breached the bridge to prevent motorists or pedestrians from dangerous crossovers and to arrest and prosecute offenders for attempted suicide and/or attempted murder as the facts of the case may be.

“Prevent the transportation of passengers across flooded rivers or storm water by unsafe canoes or boats and arrest inexperienced and unscrupulous persons taking advantage of the prevailing situation to cash in on persons in distress,” the statement read.

Furthermore, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki mandated that all County Security and Intelligence Committees (CSICs) conduct inspections of both public and private dams as well as water reservoirs within their respective jurisdictions.

This directive was to be carried out within 24 hours, beginning at 1400 hours on Monday, April 29.

Following the inspections, Kindiki emphasized that the committees should identify and recommend instances where compulsory evacuation and temporary resettlement orders are necessary. More