Kabete MP Ferdinand Waititu has said he will not comply with the directive by the Interior Cabinet Secretary Joseph Nkaissery ordering him to surrender his gun to the police.
Waititu while addressing residents at Uthiru town in Kabete on Tuesday said he has not done anything wrong to warrant him to surrender his gun to the police.
Waititu said surrendering his gun to the police will make him vulnerable to attacks.
“I have not committed any crime to make me surrender my gun to the police,” said Waititu.
The lawmaker said that surrendering his gun will put his life at risk.
On Saturday during a media briefing at Harambee House in Nairobi Nkaissery said a letter asking Mr Waititu to surrender the firearm to the police had been delivered to him.
The Interior CS said that the Kabete MP has been allegedly involved controversial cases and that he is not in the right position to own a firearm.
“I have directed the Inspector General of Police to find out if Waititu owns any firearm and if so the weapon be repossessed” he said.
Mr Nkaissery warned owners of firearms including government officials against misusing them.
The Interior CS at the same time refuted claims that the government was targeting leaders allied to the opposition by withdrawing some of their security details.
Nkaissery clarified that the move by government to withdraw some security details targets all senior government officials.
“We are not only targeting governors but all government officers,” he said, noting that over 11,000 security officers are assigned to government officials.
The government has been accused of allegedly targeting leaders allied to the opposition by asking them to surrender their firearms and also by withdrawing some other security details.