Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen and Internal Security PS Raymond Omollo have proposed the National Government Coordination (Administrative Units) Regulations, 2025, a Bill aiming to recognize and streamline village elder leadership in the country.
In an official commentary, the two leaders argued that while village elders are an integral part of grassroots leadership, a number of them were tainting their reputations by covering up crimes, which necessitates the need to recognise these leaders officially.
According to Murkomen, several grave cases like sexual abuse, and even deaths go unanswered in the villages in the name of 'out of court' settlements by the village elders, leaving families who have lost kin in those manners living with the pain without getting the justice they deserve.
In the new proposed Bill, the leaders seek to officially recognize village elders and have them institutionalised within the National Government Administrative Officers (NGAOs) framework.
