Murkomen assures international partners of peaceful 2027 elections

Kenya's Interior Cabinet Secretary, Kipchumba Murkomen, has assured the international community that the nation is prepared to conduct peaceful elections in 2027. During a recent meeting in Nairobi with the Refugee Donor Group, Murkomen stated that the National Police Service is boosting its readiness to secure all stages of the electoral process.

He noted that isolated incidents during political campaigns are often exaggerated but are manageable, expressing confidence in the peaceful nature of campaigns, voting, counting, result declaration, and the post-election phase.

The discussion also focused on the implementation of the Government's 12-year roadmap for transforming refugee camps into self-reliant municipalities, known as the Shirika Plan. Murkomen expressed gratitude to the Refugee Donor Group for their ongoing support, highlighting significant advancements in areas like social protection, financial inclusion, health insurance access, and the expansion of municipal governance.

He emphasized that refugees with refugee identification cards now have the ability to use M-Pesa services, a crucial step towards enabling their participation in the digital economy.