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Murkomen defends police extortion as Bill on "transport" levy gets under way

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]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has clarified that policemen who solicit money for fuel from Kenyans do so to augment modest disbursements from the government.

Murkomen said most police vehicles run non-stop, day and night, delivering suspects from one location to another, draining the modest fuel allowances. Even though Murkomen made no reference to argue his case, the saga of Albert Ojwang is still fresh in Kenyans' minds.

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