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Murkomen: Sh8 billion drugs consignment to be destroyed

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen on October 26, 2025 led a team of leaders for a fundraising event at Arina AIC Church in Kisumu.[Clinton Ambujo, Standard]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has announced that narcotics worth Sh8 billion, seized in a major maritime operation off the Kenyan coast, will be publicly destroyed.

Speaking on Sunday during a church service at AIC Kisumu Arina Local Church, Murkomen said the move is part of the government’s tough stance against drug trafficking and other illicit substances.

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