Fight Against Insecurity Nabs Three In Emuhaya, Vihiga County

Anyone who knows Vihiga county in Western Kenya will describe it as a quite unassuming locale. It is not exactly what you would describe as a backwater corner of Kenya, but it has a gentle spirit. The inhabitants her are true reflection of the spirit of mirembe (peace).

 Francis Onguko Courtesy

If it is true that a society gets the leaders it deserves, given that a peoples' leaders are a reflection of the society they hail from, then the truism that people of Western Kenya are people of mulembe couldn't find a better home in Vihiga county.

None of Vihiga's leaders, now and before, can be labeled firebrand. Keeping this in mind, reports of a crime wave sweeping through Vihiga county these past few years come as an unpleasant surprise. 

The Star newspaper on the 2nd of March, 2013, reports the then newly elected Vihiga Governor, incumbent Moses Akaranga, decrying insecurity in Vihiga county. In the recent past, the governor has been reported to still be lamenting insecurity in Vihiga county naming the dreaded 42 brothers as being responsible.

Following such media report, it appeared that the fight against insecurity in Vihiga County was a losing battle as evidenced by diverse reports of violent crime such as the sad story of  a trader who was robbed then had him and his shop torched in Mudete market, Sabatia sub-county. However, residents of Vihiga can now have a sigh of relief following the latest developments.

Social media reports that three young men are being held following the discovery of goods worth thousands of shillings in Eluhobe in Emuhaya Sub-County of Vihiga county. The recovered goods are believed to be the lot from a spate of robberies affecting Ekaita, Esibuye ans Ematsuli sub-locations of Emuhaya sub-county.

Members of the public have been urged to come forward and help in identification of stolen goods and offer any information they might aid the investigations.