Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has strongly defended government-backed empowerment drives, stating they are crucial for the Kenya Kwanza administration's economic agenda.

• The programmes, part of the Bottom-up Economic Transformation Agenda (BETA), aim to boost grassroots livelihoods by supporting self-help groups.
• CS Kipchumba Murkomen, alongside other leaders including Governor Wisley Rotich and Woman Representative Caroline Ng’elechei, attended an empowerment event in Elgeyo-Marakwet County.
• Farmers at the event received agricultural inputs to enhance production in the region, which Murkomen described as having great potential.