Mohammed Ali terms Murkomen’s shoot-to-Kill order as endorsing extrajudicial killings
Nyali constituency Member of Parliament (MP) Mohammed Ali, alias Moha Jicho Peveu, has slammed Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen over his shoot-to-kill order for police station invaders.
Taking to his official X account on the night of Friday, June 27, 2025, the former investigative journalist termed Murkomen’s directive as a chilling endorsement of extrajudicial killings.
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“Security MUST NEVER come at the cost of humanity. The shooting directive made by @kipmurkomen yesterday is a chilling endorsement of extrajudicial killings, which have no place in our country. We are a nation of laws, not executions,” Ali stated.
Weaponising the police
He went ahead to argue that the state should never weaponise the police against the citizens, noting that power built on bullets is only temporary.
“The State Should Never Weaponise the Police Against The People, Because Power Built on Bullets is Only Temporary. When the People are No Longer With You, Not even Guns Can Save You,” the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) lawmaker wrote on X.
Murkomen’s remarks
Murkomen has acknowledged that he had issued shoot-to-kill orders on anyone trying to storm a police station.
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.”
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.
