Kisii OCPD’s offices were on Wednesday turned into negotiation offices as student leaders from institutions around the town met police bosses from the region in a bid to boost working relationship between the two parties.
Speaking after the lengthy meeting between the two groups that have been involved in a crisis whenever students are agitating for something, OCPD Solomon Keragu termed the meeting as ‘fruitful and a success’.
The police boss further said police would hold constant meeting with students’ leaders to boost the deteriorating relationship between the two parties.
“The meeting was a great success and its fruits will be evident in the near future. We have agreed that we hold meetings with student leaders and outline some of emerging issues before a crisis escalates. Also, we will get in touch with management from the institutions and frame the procedure of holding seminars to educate each other,” Mr Keragu said.
Head of student leaders' association from Kisii, Mr Rodgers Nyanumba, reiterated the importance of the two groups working together in a bid to avert deepening crisis whenever there is an issue that need the attention of the police.
“Our students are very funny in a way that they don’t have confidence in the police system. That is why it is important to frame a good working relationship between the police and us. We want to make our society civilised,” he said.
This comes barely a month after angry Gusii Institute of Technology students went rampant and looted property worth millions of shillings following an accident that took lives of two workers from the institution in which a police officer allegedly caused.