Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen at a past function. Photo: Kipchumba Murkomen X.
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has said that Kenya is the only country that a citizen can threaten and publicly declaring that they will invade protected areas and nothing will happen.
Speaking at State House where President William Ruto had hosted FKF Premier League champions 2024/2025 season Kenya Police FC, Murkomen said that Kenyans need to appreciate the freedom , and be careful not to disrupt the peace of the nation.
“It is only in Kenya, where a citizen will say they will invade Parliament, the Judiciary and visit State House and still walk free and not charged, and even when they are taken to court they will just be released and told to go home for free. Kenyans need to appreciate that it is important to have the discipline that these women and men have, it is important to protect the nation, and there is nothing important that having a national that is peaceful,” Murkomen said.
Making reference to the June 2024 Anti-Finance Bill protests, where the National Assembly was invaded by Gen Z protesters, Murkomen further said that the event was very unfortunate.
He further lauded the police for acting with uttermost professionalism, as they did not go after Kenyans who posted and are currently positing under the #OccupyStateHouse2025, ahead of the marking of one year anniversary since the protests tomorrow, June, Wednesday 25.
“”In the UK, if any person tweeted or made a post saying they would be visiting Buckingham Palace, nobody would wait for them to come to the streets. They will be picked from their own houses and they will be charged. I have lived and studied in the US and if an American citizen was to write on social media, ‘let us go and invade White House’ the Secret Service will pick them from their homes,” Murkomen explained.
The CS further questioned the motive of the protests, arguing that what they are agitating about, police brutality is currently being handled by Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA), and it is reason for some people to disrupt businesses across the country.
However, Kenyan youths have vowed to march on with the protests to call for justice of their colleagues who lost their lives, with human rights group stating that more than 60 people died, with others still unaccounted for, as well as the recently increased cases of police brutality in the country.
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