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Murkomen tours Coast region amid rising insecurity cases

Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen addresses the press at Kenya Maritime Authority in Mombasa on April 7, 2025. [Omondi Onyango,Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen on Monday began his six-day tour of the Coastal region amid rising cases of insecurity.

Just hours into his visit, news broke of the release of five chiefs who had been kidnapped two months ago by suspected Al-Shabaab militants in Elwak, Mandera County.

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