Interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen during a development tour in Elgeyo Marakwet on July 12, 2025/MINAInterior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has called on Chief Justice Martha Koome to deal firmly with the perpetrators of recent protests that have seen police stations being burnt, businesses looted, and property destroyed.
The CS said if the Judiciary does not complement the Executive in dealing firmly with violent protesters and their sponsors, the country risks descending into anarchy.
“They wanted to test whether we would take legal action. We will arrest all criminals who are attacking people and burning their property,” he said.
“We have seen demonstrations before, but what we witnessed recently is unprecedented- goons burning police stations, stealing guns, and burning courts. That's not what Article 37 of our constitution provided for.”
He spoke when he accompanied President William Ruto on a development tour in Elgeyo Marakwet County on Saturday.
Murkomen sounded a warning to leaders who are fueling the protests that no one will be spared.
"Any leader, whether an MCA, MP, governor or whatever position, will have their day in court,” he said
On Friday, July 11, Murkomen issued a stern warning against unnamed people saying they were behind the violence witnessed.
He described the events as a failed coup attempt aimed at overthrowing Ruto’s administration.
Speaking during the official opening of the newly established Tarasaa Sub-County in Garsen Constituency, Murkomen condemned what he termed a coordinated act of terrorism and political sabotage.
“We must say it as it is, there was no protest or maandamano. It was an attempted coup, an act of terrorism, a failed attempt to change the regime. It’s unacceptable,” he said.
“We know very well that the people who invaded courts, police stations, stole guns, and burnt stations and government vehicles, were organised by lords of violence and people who are opponents of democracy.”
The President is on a day-long development tour of the county in which he will launch projects, including the commissioning of the Etio Dam Project and Simotwo Water Project.
He will also commission the groundbreaking of the Tirwane Water Project, tree planting, and officiating at a ceremony to mark the 9th Kaptagat Integrated Conservation Programme.
