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Murkomen's slow response to killing of Catholic priest questioned

Slain Catholic priest, Fr Aloise Bett of St Mulumba Catholic Church, Kerio Valley, who was shot dead on Thursday, May 22, 2025. [Courtesy]

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has come under fire over his slow response to the killing of a priest in Kerio Valley on Thursday morning.

Murkomen, who also comes from Elgeyo Marakwet, visited the family of the slain priest nearly three days after the incident.

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