Wamuchomba criticises Murkomen over his shoot‑to‑kill orders
By Valerian Khakayi, June 28, 2025Githunguri Member of Parliament (MP) Gathoni Wamuchomba has criticised Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen over his shoot-to-kill order for police station invaders.
Taking to her official X account on Friday, June 27, 2025, Wamuchomba accused Murkomen of hypocrisy for unleashing shoot‑to‑kill directives now, noting that such orders were not issued when he stormed the 2020 BBI meeting at Meru’s Kinoru Stadium.
Wamuchomba said that she had warned Murkomen that they would not allow him to go down that route.
“Dear Murkomen, Was there a shoot-to-kill order when you stormed the Meru stadium BBI meeting? Would you be the minister today? Which constitution are you interpreting as a lawyer and as a Christian? We will not allow you to go that ROUTE,” Wamuchomba wrote.
Murkomen’s order
Speaking when he toured some of the police stations 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.”
However, Murkomen’s remarks were not received well by his supposed audience, who jeered and told him off.
His remarks came after revealing 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.