Murkomen has reason to smile, giving 'promise of timeline' to equip CCTV cameras

CS Kipchumba Murkomen at the launch of flagship report and Action plan by the Eastern and Southern Africa Commission on Drugs during the fourth high-level consultation meeting in Nairobi on June 2025. [Jonah Onyango, Standard]

There was a spring in Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen's gait as he descended the stairs to the front of Harambee House, early in the week, to announce what he thought was revolutionary approach to policing.

He had the full command of his powerful office to back him up: The beleaguered Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja, and his Principal Secretary Raymond Omollo, who flanked him.