Government recovers Sh322 million from cyber crime

The federal government recovered Sh322.2 million from cybercrime associated offences whereas 14,000 authorities companies had been on-boarded on the e-Citizen platform final yr.

Statistics launched yesterday by the Ministry of Inside and Nationwide Administration additionally point out a complete of 148 unlawful firearms had been recovered final yr within the ongoing operation in opposition to bandits within the North Rift.

In line with the report, 279 different bandits had been arrested and a complete of 26,968 cattle recovered from bandits throughout the identical interval.

To enrich the work of different state safety organs particularly the Nationwide Police Service, a complete of 1,702 police reservists had been skilled and recruited in Baringo, Samburu, Laikipia, West Pokot and Meru counties.

The report nevertheless doesn’t seize the variety of folks killed by bandits throughout that interval however the assaults final yr claimed the lives of over 150 harmless Kenyans together with over 20 safety officers in Baringo, Laikipia, Samburu, Turkana, West Pokot and Elgeyo Marakwet Counties.

Throughout the identical interval, dozens of colleges have been closed, hundreds of households displaced, and public facilities and infrastructure destroyed by these prison gangs.

The operation in opposition to poaching netted 2323 poachers who had been charged with varied wildlife crimes throughout the nation.

The federal government additionally sustained operation in opposition to illicit brews throughout the nation, with particular focus in some components of Central area.

A complete of 8463 folks had been arrested over illicit brews, one other 6,800 had been nabbed for drug associated offences, and 929 members of prison gangs had been additionally arrested throughout the identical interval. To make sure that prisoners don’t relapse into crime after serving their sentences, the federal government launched into a rehabilitation programme.