Nyandarua: Police station set on fire by locals after officer shoots man dead
Ndunyu Njeru Police Station in Kinangop, Nyandarua County, was set on fire on the evening of Thursday, June 26, 2025, by angry residents after a man was shot dead by a police officer.
According to reports, the man, a boda boda rider, was part of the locals who were demonstrating against cattle theft.
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Reports further indicate that three persons of interest suspected to have been behind the cattle theft had been held at the police station, and on fearing that they could be set free, the residents stormed the police station to demand justice.
Videos seen by K24 Digital show the police station engulfed in flames as locals watched and cheered from a distance, with some heard singing victory songs.
Murkomen’s shoot-to-kill order
The incident comes just hours after Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen issued shoot-to-kill orders on anyone trying to storm a police station.
Speaking on Thursday, June 26, 2025, when he toured some of the police stations in Kiambu County to assess the aftermath of the Wednesday, June 25, 2025, Gen Z memorial protests, Murkomen told the locals that he had ordered the police officers to shoot anyone who would invade a police station with ill intentions.
“Ile shida inafanya saa zingine polisi wapige wakora risasi ni kwa sababu wanashikwa, wanaenda alafu wanarudi kuchekelea polisi wakisema sasa tulifika wapi, hakuna kwenye tulienda. Na tumeambia polisi, mtu yeyote ambaye atakaribia police station, piga yeye risasi,” Murkomen said.
Loosely translated as: “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.”
Police stations attacked
Murkomen, in a subsequent press conference, revealed that goons targeted police stations during protests commemorating victims of the June 2024 anti-government demonstrations that led to the loss of 60 people.
According to Murkomen, the goons targeted armouries and police uniforms at various police stations in the country.
Speaking at a press conference in Nairobi on June 26, 2025, Murkomen revealed that five firearms were stolen from the Dagoretti Police post in Kiambu County.
“The criminals were after guns in the armouries and police uniforms. Five firearms were stolen from Dagoretti Police Post, Kiambu County, while four were burnt at Gachui Police Post,” he lamented.
Furthermore, he revealed that five police stations were torched, including Ol Kalou, Molo, and Dagoretti, and properties were destroyed.
