She however declined to give the numbers saying they kept changing because investigations were still ongoing.
“There are a number of other people who have been identified. When people’s speeches border on incitement but do not amount to ethnic contempt or hate speech we send them cessation notices,” she maintained.
Owino in the meantime added that there would be an increase in the number of traffic police officers on the road as well as those on patrol as the festivities drew close.
He noted that the number of insecurity incidents and road accidents normally increased during the holidays urging Kenyans to exercise sobriety.
“Even the robbers want to enjoy Christmas so we must expect these things so we will beef our security. But we are asking Kenyans to be responsible because we cannot afford to have policemen in every individual’s pocket that we will be canning you when you misbehave,” he retorted.
He also warned Kenyans against harassing and targeting members of the Somali community, who live in Eastleigh, saying it was impossible to pick out a terrorist through the colour of their skin.
He reminded them that the rising acts of terror in the country were as a result of Kenya’s military offensive in Somalia.
“If you want to lose weight today you must go through a lot of pain; if you were to pass an examination you have to burn your lamp and if we are to manage the terror problems originating from Somalia then we have to undertake the pains of the attacks that we have seen,” he said.
He added that the police would continue conducting regular swoops and operations to net illegal immigrants in the country.
