Mystery surrounds the breaking into one of the offices of Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen.
Officials said the affected office is located on the 20th floor of Nyayo House. The same wing hosts the Principal Secretary and that of the director of E-Citizen.
They are heavily guarded. The incident happened on January 9, 2026.
A lone suspected burglar is said to have broken into Murkomen’s office and made away with unknown valuables.
His mission was not known when he broke in on Saturday dawn. The discovery was made hours later and detectives were informed of the same.
A team of detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations headquarters visited the scene on January 11 and 12 as part of the probe into the incident.
Murkomen has not visited the office for months, insiders said.
The CS has another office at Harambee House which is deemed the official one. But on some occasions, he operates from Nyayo House especially when he has many pending issues on Immigration and Citizen Services.
The same applied to his predecessors Fred Matiangi, Joseph Nkaissery and Gideon Konchellah.
He also has a private office in the city which is guarded by armed police.
The motive of the breaking in is yet to be established.
Other officials who had watched a security footage of the said burglar said he was seen carrying a tissue paper. He walked from one room to the other and ransacked them before leaving. The office had then been fumigated.
The team is still analysing data from the security cameras to know more on the issue.
There was no immediate comment from the CS. The office was still marked a crime scene a week later as detectives combed there for more information.
His handlers said he was concerned and worried about the incident.
“This is one of the most secured buildings. He is concerned and wants to know what happened,” said one of his handlers who asked not to be named.
It has prompted him to change his security, sources said.
Nyayo House hosts the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services, the Nairobi Regional Commissioner’s office among others. The building is well guarded.
On January 12, Murkomen said he together with PS Dr Belio Kipsang, met with Heads of Directorates in the State Department for Immigration and Citizen Services to discuss ways of consolidating our gains and rolling out more reforms in the sector.
He said the government has already abolished all fees for first-time ID applicants, removed the extra vetting requirement for ID applicants in border counties without compromising security, and fast-tracked the issuance of IDs and passports.
“Other reforms include the scrapping of fees for authenticating birth certificates when applying for IDs and passports, and a waiver for charges on duplicate IDs. More changes are lined up to facilitate efficient service delivery to the public,” he said.
Insiders said he did not mention the issue during the meeting.
Present were Secretary National Registration Bureau Dr Christopher Wanjau, Secretary Civil Registration Paul Mwangemi, eCitizen Services Director-General Isaac Ochieng, Immigration Services Director-General Evelyn Cheluget, Nairobi Regional Commissioner Gilbert Kitiyo, Commissioner for Refugee Affairs Mercy Mwasaru, Secretary Administration Serser Chelulei and other senior Government official
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