{"id":533,"date":"2026-10-06T14:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=533"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:49:07","slug":"government-identifies-109-criminal-gangs-ahead-of-2027-polls-by-visaho-delson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/?p=533","title":{"rendered":"Government Identifies 109 Criminal Gangs Ahead of 2027 Polls By Visaho Delson"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"720\" height=\"519\" src=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791297983580.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-538\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791297983580.jpg 720w, https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791297983580-300x216.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cs,Internal Security Kipchumba Murkomen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Security agencies have mapped out 109 organised criminal gangs operating across Kenya, with Western, Rift Valley and Nairobi regions recording the highest numbers. Officials warned that some of these groups could be used for political intimidation and violence as the country heads towards the 2027 General Election.<br><br>In a parallel operation, police have arrested 1,827 suspects linked to goonism and organised crime over the past eight months. The Interior Ministry said the crackdown forms part of a broader strategy to maintain peace and order during the election period.<br>The identification exercise involved intelligence gathering and coordination between national and county security teams. <br><br>Authorities emphasised that the gangs pose a threat not only to political stability but also to ordinary citizens through everyday criminal activities.<br>Officials have vowed to sustain the operations and work closely with communities to dismantle the networks, urging the public to report any suspicious activities linked to these groups.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Security agencies have mapped out 109 organised criminal gangs operating across Kenya, with Western, Rift Valley and Nairobi regions recording the highest numbers. Officials warned that some of these groups could be used for political intimidation and violence as the country heads towards the 2027 General Election. In a parallel operation, police have arrested 1,827 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-533","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=533"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":539,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/533\/revisions\/539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tangazadital.co.ke\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}