NPS Expands Elite Secretive Anti-Terror Unit SOG
SOG is domiciled within the NPS but has support from the NIS and conducts highly classified missions to stop terror plots and fight bandits...
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Kenya has strengthened its elite Special Operations Group (SOG) with 122 new officers, enhancing its counterterrorism capabilities amid a surge in suspected Al-Shabaab attacks.
- 122 officers graduated on Thursday, August 6, at Kamanga Training Camp in Samburu County.
- Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen highlighted the recruits' specialised training in intelligence-led policing and counterterrorism.
- The SOG has previously recovered over 2,000 firearms and 15,000 rounds of ammunition from bandits and terrorists.
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Murkomen: Over 2,000 illegal guns seized from bandits and terrorists - August 2026
Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen announced that security agencies have seized over 2,000 illegal firearms and 15,000 rounds of ammunition from bandits and terrorists, attributing this success to the crucial role of the Special Operations Group (SOG). Kenya has strengthened its elite SOG with 122 new officers, enhancing its counterterrorism capabilities amid a surge in suspected Al-Shabaab attacks. Six people were injured, one critically, when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device suspected to be an Al-Shabaab attack in Mandera County on Thursday evening. Additionally, Murkomen has ordered the arrest of individuals impersonating police officers by wearing camouflage uniforms at political gatherings.
