Nairobi Governor Mike Sonko has called on security agencies in Nairobi to conduct 24-hour surveillance along Nairobi River to curb murder and dumping of bodies.
This is after a body of a middle-aged man was on Thursday retrieved from the river in Korogocho.
Through press statements sent to media houses, Sonko called on police and other security agencies to collaborate with the county to find solutions to the vice.
"The rate at which people are being killed and dumped in the river is alarming. It is important that we give special surveillance to this river," Sonko said.
This brings to 16 the number of bodies of adults and infants retrieved from the river by the county team cleaning it.
Sonko singled out Korogocho as one of the dangerous areas and has promised to enhance street lighting in the area and along the river to help security agencies beef up security.
"Residential areas around the river are probably home to criminal gangs who are killing and dumping innocent people in the river. We must find solutions. It is a security threat and we have to work closely with the police," added Sonko.
Sonko has also put on notice rogue medical personnel who are enhancing abortion in the city. "It is a major problem that we have and these abortions are being done privately by some of our medical personnel," Sonko noted.
The Chairman of the clean-up team Fredrick Okinda said the retrieved body had head injuries and is likely a victim of murder who was swept down the river to Korogocho.
"The body is severely injured on the head and other parts but we may not exactly know what happened," Olinda said.