Cabinet Secretary Hon. Soipan Tuya today hosted a high-level security meeting at the Defence Headquarters, bringing together leadership from the Ministry of Interior and National Administration, led by Cabinet Secretary Hon. Onesimus Kipchumba Murkomen.
The meeting, chaired by Hon. Tuya, focused on assessing the security situation in the North Rift region, where the multi-agency Operation Maliza Uhalifu (OMU) has been ongoing since February 2023.
Additionally, the status of the National Police Service Level IV Hospital (NPHS) in Mbagathi, Nairobi, was reviewed. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) oversaw the hospital’s construction and equipping before handing it over to the Interior Ministry in May 2024. The facility will provide healthcare services to the National Police Service (NPS), Kenya Defence Forces (KDF), and their dependents. To ensure its full operationalization, the meeting established a Joint MoD-NPS Technical Committee (JTC).
Present during the meeting was the Chief of the Defence Forces, General Charles Kahariri, Principal Secretaries Dr. Patrick Mariru (Defence) and Dr. Raymond Omollo (Interior), Vice Chief of the Defence Forces Lieutenant General John Omenda, Commander Kenya Army, Lieutenant General David Tarus, Inspector General of the National Police Service, Douglas Kanja, General Officers and Senior Officers from the Ministry of Defence and Ministry of Interior.
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