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Murkomen links weak family guidance to rising misbehaviour among some Gen Z
07th December, 2025 07:00 PM
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has raised concerns over what he describes as the growing misbehaviour among some members of the current Generation.
The CS linked the social ill to the absence of strong family mentorship.
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Speaking during the closing ceremony of the Reformed Church of East Africa (R.C.E.A) Women League Annual Convention in Kitengela, on Sunday, December 7, 2025, Murkomen said that personal attention and guidance are key to raising responsible children.
“Tunapoteza the current generation because of the absence of family mentorship,” Murkomen said.
He also highlighted the societal consequences of weak family guidance, citing issues such as drug abuse, alcohol, pornography, and gang culture as some of the challenges affecting young people today.
“We are growing a generation that is very defiant because they are raised with phones and access to information from all over the world,” he added.
“You must grow those family traditions because the challenges we are having today, ndio itamalizia, challenges tuko nayo sahii, drugs, alcohol, pornography, goons.”
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In addition, Murkomen stressed that parents must build strong family traditions and values.
“Nyinyi kama wamama, you must build your family traditions and family faith, mtoto wako akikuwa anafaa kujua hafai kufanyi vitu zingine,” the CS stated.
While calling on families to actively mentor and guide their children, the CS emphasised the irreplaceable value of parental attention in shaping a child’s character.
“There is nothing that can replace personal attention to your children,” he said.
Murkomen on his parenting
Murkomen also recounted his own experience raising children, saying that when his children asked for phones, he set clear boundaries.
“Kwangu watoto they used to come and tell us tupatie simu, mimi nawaambia hapana haija fika time ya wewe kuchika simu, anasema’lakini so and so ako na simu na sisi tuko shuke nayeye.’ Na mwambia hiyo ni ya familia yao,” he said.
“Traditions, ya Kipchumba, haijafika time ya nyinyi kushika simu. I’m not saying there is something wrong with phones; in fact, I had to change at some point because the school required them to have a phone and computer.”
He added that his wife, Gladys Wanjiru, traded her law career to be a full-time mother.
“There is nothing that can replace personal attention to your children. Mimi at least nko lucky bibi yangu aliwacha kazi akasema wacha nikae na watoto,” Murkomen said.
“So I have to work double ndio ni support bibi na ni support watoto because she is helping me to make sure there is someone looking after the kids all the time.”
