Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen announced a new government initiative offering scholarships and educational training to bandits in Kenya who voluntarily surrender their firearms. This program aims to reintegrate former bandits into society and combat the rising wave of criminal activity in the North and North-Eastern regions.

• Murkomen stated that the government will partner with educational agencies to equip former bandits with life-changing skills, potentially deploying them to the Affordable Housing project.
• The initiative was announced during the Jukwaa la Usalama session in Elgeyo Marakwet on Friday, July 25.
• Murkomen warned that intensified crackdowns would continue for those refusing to surrender, noting that over 1,000 firearms have already been recovered and efforts are underway to retrieve an estimated 10,000 more.