The Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (CPJC) says corruption is to blame for runaway insecurity.
Speaking during CPJC’s annual planning meeting at St Mary’s Pastoral Centre in Nakuru, CPJC chairman Archbishop Zacchaeus Okoth blamed corruption within the security agencies for security lapses that have led to deaths and loss of property across the country.
CJPC said numerous security breaches that precipitated the deaths of Kenyans in various parts of the country openly showed there was a major lapse within the national security organs that needed to be urgently overhauled to help restore public confidence in the security apparatus.
The CPJC has said that patriotism must be taught as a subject from nursery schools to the university level so as to inculcate a sense of nationhood among Kenyans.
“We need to encourage proper training and professionalism of all those in the disciplined forces. Sources of bullets must be keenly traced to ensure no one sells bullets to criminals within and without the country,” CPJC said.
Catholic Church has demanded a total overhaul of the top organs of Kenya’s security as a measure to deal with runaway insecurity.