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In the name of security: CS Murkomen blows taxpayers' millions on lavish forums

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen at the Nairobi edition of Jukwaa la Usalama. [Murkomen, X]

Questions have emerged over the effectiveness of the town hall security forums held across the country by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen.

Dubbed Jukwaa la Usalama, the lavish meetings, gobbling millions of taxpayers’ money, fell short of addressing pertinent security matters in some of the regions, months after the sessions.

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