Manyatta MP Gitonga Mukunji has announced plans to table a motion in Parliament seeking the impeachment of Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen.
The move follows Murkomen’s controversial shoot-to-kill directive issued to police officers during the recent Gen Z memorial protests.
Speaking on Saturday, June 28, during a prayer and fundraising event for Akurino faithful at Embu University grounds, Mukunji accused Murkomen of operating outside the law. He claimed that the CS had issued directives that not only violate the Constitution but also put the lives of Kenyans at risk.
“I want to condemn the remarks made by the Interior Minister, that the police start shooting people when they approach a police station. CS Murkomen, you don’t deserve to be an Interior Minister. I am going to look for members, and I will start from today until Tuesday. We need to start an impeachment motion of Kipchumba Murkomen,” the lawmaker declared.
He said these actions were becoming a disturbing trend under the Kenya Kwanza administration and insisted that Parliament must act to protect the lives and freedoms of Kenyans.
He accused the Interior CS of promoting extrajudicial killings and enforced disappearances.
He also acknowledged the growing frustration among lawmakers, saying that while Parliament may appear compromised, there was still a moral and constitutional duty to speak out and take action. Mukunji hinted at initiating an impeachment motion against the CS, urging fellow legislators to rise above partisan interests and defend the rule of law.
“This Parliament must stand firm. The Interior Cabinet Secretary has overstepped his mandate by issuing unconstitutional directives that endanger lives. We cannot sit back and watch. Let’s be honest, Parliament has largely been captured. But we must try,” Mukunji stated.
Mukurweini MP John Kaguchia backed Mukunji’s call, warning that Murkomen had no legal authority to instruct police to shoot and kill civilians. He stressed that such actions were in direct violation of the Constitution and should not be tolerated.
“The CS has no authority to order police to shoot and kill. Such orders violate the Constitution and must be condemned,” Kaguchia said.
Shoot to kill
The uproar stems from remarks Murkomen made during a visit to Kiambu County shortly after the Gen Z memorial protests on Wednesday, June 25. He told police officers to shoot anyone who attempted to storm police stations. Murkomen claimed that some people arrested during the protests had returned to mock the officers who had released them, and that such behaviour needed to be stopped through immediate use of force.
Murkomen was quoted as saying that police officers had been told to shoot anyone approaching a police station with bad intentions. His comments, delivered in Swahili, were widely circulated and triggered outrage across the country.
“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,” he said.
