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

Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen inspects a guard of honour mounted by police at Migori County Commissioner's office during a security tour of Nyanza region, on September 11, 2025. [Anne Atieno, 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.

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