Kenya: Banditry Death Toll Hits 21 in 3 Months as CS Murkomen Identifies 6 Major Challenges

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen released a statement on Saturday, May 3, outlining the progress made in fighting banditry from January to March in the first quarter of 2025.

In the statement, Murkomen noted that the number of banditry and stock theft cases had decreased during this period, with only 167 cases of stock theft compared to 263 cases in the same period last year. Additionally, a total of 4,935 livestock were stolen compared to the 8,557 during the same period in…