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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.