The government, through the Ministry of Interior, has extended the designation of 13 areas in Marsabit County as security-disturbed and dangerous.
In a notice dated Friday, December 19, Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen said that the extension would take effect on December 23, 2025, at 6.30pm for the next 30 days.
These areas include Hillo Gorgora, Hillo Orofa, Hillo Walkite, Hillo Tanzania, Hillo Irress Abamartille, Hillo Gootu, Hillo Tessum Qalicha, Hillo Karray, Hillo Hudda, Hillo Qoranjido, Hillo Irress Shindia, Hillo Rabaalee and Hillo Godde Haroressa.
The CS, however, maintained that the designation of these areas as 'security disturbed and dangerous' may be withdrawn or extended further at his discretion.
"The Cabinet Secretary for Interior, in consultation with the National Security Council, extends the declaration made on November 21, 2025, declaring parts of Marsabit County as security-disturbed and dangerous," Murkomen stated.
"This notice shall take effect on December 23, 2025, as of 6.30pm, for 30 days and may, at any time, be withdrawn or continued in force for such further period as the Cabinet Secretary may," he added.
The declaration by CS Murkomen was backed by the Inspector General of Police, Douglas Kanja, who restricted possession of firearms in the 13 designated areas.
In a separate notice, the Police IG ordered those in possession of firearms in the affected areas to immediately surrender them to the nearest police station or National Government Administration offices.
According to Kanja, all arms surrendered would be returned to their owners upon the revocation or termination of the said notice.
Murkomen's latest pronouncement comes on the back of a push by Members of Parliament to have the government withdraw the notice that declared the 13 areas as dangerous and disturbed.
The declaration of the said areas as dangerous was first made on September 3, 2024, before it was extended in October 2024, in May this year and now on December 19.
MPs from the Administration and Internal Security Committee, on November 29, this year, visited the said areas where they met the area representatives and security officers.
The lawmakers assessed the area and agreed with the local leaders, residents, and security officers that the notice declaring the area as dangerous should be removed.
