Kindiki says government to remunerate village elders

Abakulubi council of elders led by their Chairman Franco Musungu Waliaro deliberate on the way forward following numerous cases of cattle rustling at Emalishira village in Mumias East on February 8, 2023. [Benjamin Sakwa, Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kithure Kindiki has said that the government plans to compensate village elders because they are a link between government and the public and facilitate implementation of programmes at the grassroots.

Prof Kindiki who appeared before the Senate National Security and Foreign Relations Committee in Nairobi yesterday said that the national government recognizes lowest administration unit to be the sub location and his ministry is seeking an amendment for the village to be the lowest unit.