In the name of security: Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen’s Jukwaa la Usalama forums billed as candid security dialogues, turned into travelling circuses of pomp and waste. Fuel guzzling convoys, helicopter landings, lavish meals,and allowances swallowed millions yet the crime syndicates, border conflicts, and banditry the meetings vowed to end remain untouched.

Chiefs complained of running police stations without vehicles, stationery or food for remandees, even as Murkomen rolled in with briefcases of cash for
allowances. Months later, promises of police deployments and land reforms lie in dust, leaving taxpayers to foot the bill for forums. Source, The Standard.