Murkomen visits Turkana after bandits kill four people

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen during a tour of Lobokat in Aroo Sub-County, Turkana South, on February 2, 2026. [Bakari Ang'ela, Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen on Monday visited Lobokat in Aroo Sub-County, Turkana South, following a bandit attack in Kakongu that left four people dead.

Murkomen chaired a high-level security meeting to assess the situation along the Turkana, West Pokot border and plan intensified security operations following the Saturday incident.