The growing insecurity in the country is raising alarm with incidents of terrorism and banditry causing concern among Kenyans. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, however, has more than once seemed more concerned with emerging issues in national politics than ensuring security of the country- a mandate of his docket.

A month ago, as residents of Turkana were mourning the deaths of 20 people following a cross-border attack at the volatile Todonyang region on the Kenya-Ethiopia border, Murkomen was in Eldama Ravine attacking the former Deputy President Rigathi Gachua.

It was at that fundraising event that he and other Kenya Kwanza leaders took a swipe at Gachagua’s attack on President William Ruto, as bandit activities increase in North Rift even as the North Eastern region reports new incidents of terror.