Caption:Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen speaking at State House on Tuesday June 24, 2025, where he was hosted by President William Ruto during a breakfast with the FKF Premier League champions.
The Ministry of Interior Cabinet Secretary (CS) Kipchumba Murkomen has announced that the government is ready to meet the families of the victims of the 2024 anti-government protests ahead of its anniversary on June 25, 2025.
Speaking during a breakfast with the FKF Premier League champions held at State House on June 24, 2025, Murkomen stated that the government wants to engage in a conversation with families to understand how to support them.
“As a ministry, we are ready to meet the families of those who, unfortunately, lost their children as a result of these political acts. It doesn’t matter what happened; from a human perspective, we are ready to meet their families, have a conversation with them and see what else we can do to support them,” he said.
“Our doors are open, and I am sure even President William Ruto’s doors are open to meet these families. We want to ask those political scavengers to keep off and allow those families to visit us and have a conversation with them and see how best we can help them,” he added.
Furthermore, he has called out leaders who intend to participate in the protests on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, for changing their stance on political unrest in the country.
“We have received a notice from some political actors who, not just a few months ago, were defending law and order; they were against chaos, but they are now planning to buy machetes and rungus, trying to distribute them to young people to cause chaos in town. And they want us to sit here and fold our hands and say that is Article 137 of the constitution. The National Police must be ruthless in dealing with such criminals because we want this country to be a country of law and order, not chaos, so that everyone may be able to thrive.”
Anti-government protests
Opposition leaders and youth groups have vowed to return to the streets in honour of those who lost their lives during the 2024 demonstrations.
While the opposition has declared the day a symbolic holiday, the government has remained silent.
The 2024 protests saw thousands of Kenyans mobilise across major towns, with several fatalities reported and hundreds injured after clashes with police.
The protests were also largely fuelled by growing concerns over governance and accountability, piling pressure on President William Ruto’s administration to act against corrupt, out-of-touch, and flamboyant leaders.
