Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has recalled the June 25, 2024, incident where protests against Finance Bill 2024 led to a security breach and invasion of the Parliament buildings in Nairobi.
In his State of the Nation address on Monday, June 16, 2025, the CS argued that in any civilised society across the world, those who invaded parliament would have been branded terrorists.
Murkomen insisted that the act of invasion cannot be considered a protest.
“I am yet to see a media house that calls out all those who invaded parliament. In any civilised society in the world anyone who invaded parliament would have been called a terrorist, but here in Kenya, we are still saying peaceful protesters invaded parliament,” Murkomen stated.
To avoid a repeat of the June 25, 2024, incident, Murkomen indicated that his ministry was considering proposing changes to ensure protests are carried out within the confines of the law.
“How can invasion and peaceful survive in one sentence? You have seen protests in other parts of the world people marching peacefully and making their statement and that is why part of the law that we are proposing is to create an opportunity for public order to give people the space to do protests in an environment that is peaceful,” he insisted.
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