Murkomen jeered after issuing shoot-to-kill order on police station invaders
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen was on Thursday, June 26, 2025, jeered when he said that he had issued shoot-to-kill orders on anyone trying to storm a police station.
Speaking when he toured some of the police stations to assess the aftermath of the Wednesday, June 25, 2025, Gen Z memorial protests, Murkomen told the locals that he had ordered the police officers to shoot anyone who would invade a police station with ill intentions.
“Ile shida inafanya saa zingine polisi wapige wakora risasi ni kwa sababu wanashikwa, wanaenda alafu wanarudi kuchekelea polisi wakisema sasa tulifika wapi, hakuna kwenye tulienda. Na tumeambia polisi, mtu yeyote ambaye atakaribia police station, piga yeye risasi,” Murkomen said.
Loosely translated as: “The problem that sometimes makes the police shoot criminals is that they get arrested, are released, then come back to mock the police, asking, ‘So, where did you take us? Nowhere.’ And we’ve told the police, —Anyone who comes near a police station, shoot them.”
However, Murkomen’s remarks were not received well by his supposed audience, who jeered and told him off.
Police station targeted
Murkomen, in a subsequent press conference, revealed that goons targeted police stations during protests commemorating victims of the June 2024 anti-government demonstrations that led to the loss of 60 people.
According to Murkomen, the goons targeted armouries and police uniforms at various police stations in the country.
Speaking at a press conference in Nairobi on June 26, 2025, Murkomen revealed that five firearms were stolen from the Dagoretti Police post in Kiambu County.
“The criminals were after guns in the armouries and police uniforms. Five firearms were stolen from Dagoretti Police Post, Kiambu County, while four were burnt at Gachui Police Post,” he lamented.
Furthermore, he revealed that five police stations were torched, including Ol Kalou, Molo, and Dagoretti, and properties were destroyed.
“At least nine police stations were targeted, five of which were torched, including Dagoretti, Ol Kalou, and Molo, among others. Eighty-eight police vehicles were destroyed, and 27 national and county government vehicles and 65 civilian vehicles parked in various police stations, including a school bus, were burnt,” he said.
