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Government lacks data on missing persons, CS Murkomen admits

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen. [File, Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has acknowledged that the government does not possess official statistics on abductions and enforced disappearances.

Speaking during an interview on Citizen TV, Murkomen revealed that only 13 cases of missing persons have been reported to police since the start of the year.

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