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Kipchumba Murkomen

Also known as: Murkomen · CS Murkomen · Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen · Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen · Mr Murkomen

Interior Cabinet Secretary overseeing police training expansion and security operations in banditry-affected regions across Kenya.

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Meru allocates 600 acres for police training facilities

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Meru County Governor Isaac Mutuma has allocated 600 acres for police training facilities in the Nyambene region — 300 acres to the Administration Police and 300 acres to the National Police Training College — to help combat cattle rustling and banditry in the semi-arid grazing zones.

26 April 2026 · The Standard

Yesterday

  1. Meru allocates 600 acres for police training facilities

    Meru County Governor Isaac Mutuma has allocated 600 acres for police training facilities in the Nyambene region — 300 acres to the Administration Police and 300 acres to the National Police Training College — to help combat cattle rustling and banditry in the semi-arid grazing zones.

    26 April 2026 · The Standard

  2. Murkomen launches police reservist training amid banditry concerns

    Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen opened a National Police Reservists field training facility at Amwathi in Igembe North, Meru, with plans to establish more camps in areas affected by cattle rustling and banditry. He said the training camps would be devolved to areas where security personnel are needed, with additional facilities planned for West Pokot, Baringo, Turkana and other rustling-prone regions.

    26 April 2026 · The Standard

Friday 24 April

  1. Sifuna blames Ruto and Murkomen for rising insecurity

    ODM Secretary General Edwin Sifuna told a Linda Mwananchi rally in Vihiga that the country's insecurity stems from decisions at the highest levels of government, not from frontline police officers. He accused Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen of misusing police resources while state security is deployed for political interests.

    25 April 2026 · Citizen Digital

Thursday 23 April

  1. CS Murkomen warns politicians' hired goons will face crackdown

    Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen warned politicians accused of sponsoring violence and hiring goons that the government will take decisive action against them, while opening a new police field training facility in Meru County to combat emerging security threats including banditry.

    24 April 2026 · Citizen Digital

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