{
  "id": 7788325,
  "title": "1,189 youths jailed for political goonism since 2022, Murkomen says",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/1-189-youths-jailed-for-political-goonism-since-2022-murkomen-says",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T12:18:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "People Daily Kenya",
    "slug": "people-daily-kenya",
    "url": "https://peopledaily.digital/news/1189-youths-jailed-for-political-goonism-since-2022-murkomen-says"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has told the Senate that 1,189 youths have been imprisoned for political goonism since 2022, with men accounting for the majority of those jailed under the category. Murkomen said 1,053 males and 136 females had been imprisoned for political goonism during the period. He was responding to a question by […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "KahawaTungu",
        "title": "1,189 sentenced for political violence since 2022, Murkomen tells Senate",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/1-189-sentenced-for-political-violence-since-2022-murkomen-tells",
        "published": "2026-09-16T13:49:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Capital FM Kenya",
        "title": "Murkomen: 1,189 convicted in political violence crackdown since 2022",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/murkomen-1-189-convicted-in-political-violence-crackdown-since-2022",
        "published": "2026-09-16T14:14:54.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}