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Murkomen embarks on 5-day Jukwaa la Usalama tour of Central Kenya

The Interior CS will tour Kiambu, Nyandarua, Muranga, Nyeri and Kiringaga Counties

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by CYRUS OMBATI

News18 August 2025 - 07:55
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In Summary


  • The grassroots engagement tour convenes ordinary people, Assistant Chiefs, Chiefs, local leaders and top echelons of security and National Government Administrative Officers to discuss security issues, service delivery concerns, and welfare challenges.
  • A typical county tour features a security meeting, a courtesy call on the governor, and an inspection of civil and ID registration exercises, with the highlight being a town hall meeting.

Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen at a past event./FILE

The Cabinet Secretary for Interior and National Administration, Kipchumba Murkomen, will Monday kick off a five-day tour of the Central Kenya Region under the Jukwaa la Usalama banner.

Murkomen will start his session in Kiambu County, where he will listen to locals’ grievances.

The grassroots engagement tour convenes ordinary people, Assistant Chiefs, Chiefs, local leaders and top echelons of security and National Government Administrative Officers to discuss security issues, service delivery concerns, and welfare challenges.

A typical county tour features a security meeting, a courtesy call on the governor, and an inspection of civil and ID registration exercises, with the highlight being a town hall meeting.

On Monday, the CS will visit Kiambu County, while on Tuesday, he will lead the engagements in Muranga, followed by Nyandarua, Kirinyaga, and Nyeri.

He will end the region's tour with a joint media interview in Nyeri on Thursday evening.

So far, the CS has visited 28 counties in the Jukwaa la Usalama programme. The sessions are being used by locals to air their grievances to the government.

Security officials also use the sessions to air their issues which range from stagnation in one rank and poor housing. Murkomen has since, among others, asked police authorities to promote all constables aged more than 50 to the next rank.

He also ordered that the administrators have their uniforms delivered to the local counties to remove the bureaucracy involved in the issue.

In this tour, the CS expects to gather fresh insights to help the government deal with long-standing security challenges such as land conflicts, and drug and substance abuse, as well as emerging issues such as GBV, urban crime and political tensions.

The region is experiencing a surge in suicide amid efforts to address the menace.

After listening to issues raised in the town hall session, the CS is expected to issue directives to address some of the most pressing security challenges, as other issues, which are common across regions, await the formulation of a comprehensive national policy document to guide the interventions.

He has argued the challenges are unique depending on a region.

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