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 asked police to be ruthless when dealing with goons during the planned protests on Wednesday, June 2025.
Speaking during a breakfast with the FKF Premier League champions held at State House on June 24, 2025, the CS confirmed receiving a notice of the protest from some political actors.
According to Murkomen, the government will not fold and watch armed protestors cause chaos in the Nairobi Central Business District (CBD).
“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 Service 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 everybody may be able to thrive,” he added.
“Young people in this country do not deserve to be running battles in the streets, but playing football. We want to allow them to grow, not be used by political actors to cause violence,” he added.
Anti-government protest victims
Furthermore, he has stated that the government is ready to engage with the families of the victims of the 2024 anti-government protests and 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 be able to help them,” he added.
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.
