By Ally Jamah
NAIROBI,KENYA: President Uhuru Kenyatta has ordered police to immediately arrest and deport foreigners suspected of engaging in drug trafficking.
Speaking on Monday during a conference by NACADA in Nairobi, the President said the time for talk has ended and that decisive action is needed to fight the vice.
The Head of State t expressed frustration that the fight against drug and alcohol abuse has been too much of talk and short on action saying he will no longer tolerate that.
He called on County Commission that they will lose their jobs if they don’t fight drug and alcohol abuse in their jurisdiction.
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“I have already given an order that all foreigners who are either suspected of engaging in drug trafficking to be deported and go back to their own countries to do their business there. They don’t need to be here. Those are actions we are going to take,” said President Uhuru.
“I particularly call on the police to tighten law enforcement measure to deal with illicit drug trafficking across our borders and enforce the law on access of alcohol and stamp out illicit brews in our towns and villages deal firmly with those encouraging underage drinking,” he said
He said that he was encouraged by moves by Nairobi Governor Dr. Evans Kidero to shut down dens of illicit brews within the city, saying that amounted to real action rather than empty talk.
He asked County Commissioners: “How can we be talking about children being given alcohol when there is a clear law against that? Why are the people doing that not being arrested? This must come to an end. Those people must be arrested,”
“Within three months, I want to sit down with each you to know what you have done about alcohol and drug abuse in your respective counties. Your jobs will also count on the basis of how you perform. This is the only way we will make a difference.”
Uhuru took a swipe at government officials who fight Drug and alcohol abuse through speeches in conferences, saying that will not achieve much
“It is not just about having great conferences where we talk lovely things but at the end of the day we must take action with the resources that we have. I will not entertain any longer the scenario all we do is just to be given statistics on the number of deaths or addicts. Because it doesn’t help,” he said.
He added: “If we all we do is to sit and wait for conferences to make speeches and get rounds of applause. It doesn’t help anyone. “We already have laws we can use to reduce cases of drug abuse.”
He called on participants of the conference to come up with concrete steps and measures saying: “let us not just say, give us more money, give us more money. Yes, more money is required, but what are we doing with the little that we have. Let us take action first.”
