Enough noise about county dogs, says Laikipia governor Joshua Irungu
The four dogs bought as puppies for Sh720,000 by the Laikipia County government. Governor Joshua Irungu has defended his administration over the controversial purchase. FILE PHOTO | MUCHIRI GITONGA | NATION MEDIA GROUP
What you need to know:
- Mr Irungu defended the decision, saying the dogs would help in policing the county.
- “I am not buying these dogs to take to my home, but to help in solving simple crimes that have been giving you sleepless nights,” he said.
- Police in the county have had to borrow security dogs from Ruring’u in Nyeri County whenever crimes were committed.
- Mr Irungu said his administration would cater for the canines’ feeding and other needs.
Governor Joshua Irungu has broken his silence over his administration’s controversial purchase of four sniffer dogs for Sh720,000.
Mr Irungu defended the decision, saying the dogs would help in policing the county.
“All the work we are doing here would be useless unless there is security.
“I am not buying these dogs to take to my home, but to help in solving simple crimes that have been giving you sleepless nights,” he said on Friday at Ngareng’iro market in Segera Ward, where he was opening an eco-tourism resource centre.
Police in the county have had to borrow security dogs from Ruring’u in Nyeri County whenever crimes were committed and that was tedious, he said.
The governor said the dogs that the county government bought in February 2014 and trained at the Rift Valley dog training unit in January 2015 would soon be delivered.
Although the county assembly committee on security had last week recommended that the county government should not incur further expenditure on the dogs, Mr Irungu said his administration would cater for the canines’ feeding and other needs.
