Dozens of car keys were seized from a suspected car thief in the Village neighborhood of Douala, by an anti-crime unit at the GMI 2.
These are keys he used to force-start vehicles poorly stationed or parked at unsecured places.
‘He has been in this criminal activity for a long time. Stealing of vehicles not well parked and found at unsecured places. He used Toyota keys to start the Toyota vehicle and where the key did not correspond with the mark of the vehicle, he forced it to start. That is how your vehicle disappears.’ Head of the anti-crime unit of the GMI 2, Awa Christian, said.
The suspected car thief fell into the dragnet of the security forces following a complaint deposited at the GMI 2 by a mechanic about a stolen Toyota vehicle at his garage in the Village neighborhood on February 28, 2024.
‘That fateful day while at the garage, a customer brought his vehicle for me to resolve a mechanical problem. Since I was exhausted I couldn’t do it that evening and decided to do it the next day. Upon my a
rrival at the garage, I could not find the car. Since then I never had peace of mind. I decided to file a complaint. Narrated the mechanic.
The suspect was whisked to the Judicial police to answer charges.
Source: Cameroon News Agency
The Makueni County Environment Committee has adopted environmental bills that will improve environmental management and conservation efforts across the county.
Among the bills that have been adopted include the Makueni County Sustainable Forest Management Bill of 2023, the Solid Waste Management Bill of 2023, Makueni County Environment Bill of 2023, and the Makueni County Forestry and Landscape Restoration Plan (FOLAREP) (2023-2032).
The bills will be escalated to the County Executive Committee (CEC) chaired by the governor who will deliberate on the bills before they are taken to the Makueni County Assembly for enactment.
The adoption of the bills was done at a hotel in Makindu Sub County in a meeting chaired by the Chief Officer Dr. Geoffrey Muthoka on behalf of the Lands, Urban Planning, Environment, Mining and Natural Resources Executive Committee Member (ECM) Mr. Nicolas Nzioka.
‘As CEC you have a mandate to ensure the environment is conserved and proper utilization of resources sustainably,’ said D
r. Muthoka.
The above bills and plan have been developed through the funding from partners like World Resources Institute (WRI), Reconcile, ICRAF and UK PACT Kenya among others.
‘Once the bills are enacted by the Makueni County Assembly, they will give operational framework to environmental issues like solid waste management and collection, noise pollution, management of forests and environmental restoration efforts and sustainable utilization of county resources,’ said Makueni County National Environment and Management Authority (NEMA) Director Vincent Oloo Ochieng who is the secretary to the committee.
During the meeting, members said that the 10-year plan will help in the restoration of the ecologically and sensitive degraded lands of Makueni especially to ensure the county plants 335 trees million in accordance with the presidential directive of planting 15 billion trees by 2032.
The two-day event was funded by the World Resource Institute. The county assembly has also been sensitized about the bills
which have also undergone public participation.
Source: Kenya News Agency