Murkomen denies parallel police command amid abduction claims

“Those who are suggesting that there are units in the NPS that operate outside the command of the IG are false propagandists,” he said...

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Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has refuted claims of a rogue police command structure amidst rising concerns over abductions, asserting that all police units operate under the Inspector-General Douglas Kanja.

Murkomen stated that suggestions of units operating outside the IG's command are "false propagandists."
The denial comes after the recent abduction of Standard Group Associate Editor Alex Kiprotich near Nakuru.
Human rights groups like Amnesty International Kenya have documented numerous cases of enforced disappearances and police killings, with 19 enforced disappearances and 69 police killings reported in 2026 so far.

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