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Interior CS Murkomen defends the proposal to execute drug kingpins, arguing that extreme measures are needed to save the youth, despite legal hurdles and human rights concerns.

The government is doubling down on its hardline stance against narcotics. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has thrown his full weight behind President Ruto’s controversial proposal to introduce the death penalty for convicted drug barons, terming it the "ultimate deterrent" for merchants of death.
Speaking at a security baraza in Mombasa, a region ravaged by heroin addiction, Murkomen argued that jail terms are insufficient for individuals who destroy generations. "If you sell poison to our children, you forfeit your right to life," the CS declared. "We cannot treat cancer with Panadol. We need surgery."
The proposal faces a steep legal climb. Kenya has not executed a prisoner since 1987, and the Supreme Court has previously ruled the mandatory death penalty unconstitutional. Human rights groups have condemned the rhetoric as populist and retrogressive. "State killing is not justice," stated the Kenya Human Rights Commission. "It is a distraction from the corruption in the police force that allows drugs to flow."
The administration appears to be borrowing from the playbook of nations like Singapore and Saudi Arabia. Whether this "shock and awe" policy will pass Parliament remains to be seen, but the government has signaled that the era of leniency is officially over.
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