Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen.

Murkomen outlines intensified security operations in Samburu, Meru and Isiolo

The government has intensified security operations in Samburu, Meru and Isiolo counties to tackle banditry, cattle rustling and the illegal possession of firearms, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has said. Murkomen said security agencies had made progress in containing insecurity across the three counties, but persistent cases of inter-community conflict, livestock theft and illegal firearms…

A suspected mastermind in a motorcycle theft and robbery-with-violence syndicate

Motorcycle theft mastermind cornered in Meru

A suspected mastermind behind a motorcycle theft and robbery-with-violence syndicate operating in Meru County and its environs has been arrested following a police operation in Mutuati Sub-County. Detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Mutuati on Sunday, September 9, 2026, said they arrested Evans Kinyua, alias “Mutharimi”, at Ngitana area after acting on what…