Thika Township Tuktuk operators have appealed to the area MCA to address insecurity and criminals who are allegedly targeting them.
Speaking to this writer on Friday, the operators complained over what they termed as rise in crime. They claimed that some of their passengers turn to rob and assault them saying there is need for the county to guarantee them safety.
“We want to ask our MCA Kennedy Mwangi to come in and help address our security pleas,” said Thika Tuktuk Operators chairman Boniface Mburu.
Mburu said that at least four operators have been hijacked and robbed by unknown people.
He said that they have reported the matter to the police who have promise to launch investigations.
Mwangi, the area MCA, urged the police to intensify security and ensure purported criminals are dealt with according to the law.
“It is the responsibility of law enforcers to ensure that safety of operators is guaranteed,” he said.
The operators have since threatened to hold demonstrations if nothing is done about the matter.
Meanwhile, the operators want the police to take action against a county askari who allegedly assaulted their colleague on Wednesday. The operators claim that their colleague was assaulted when he parked at an undesignated place and resisted arrest.