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Murkomen shoot-to-kill order points to double speak

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen arriving for a security meeting at Kambi Samaki in Baringo County on May 2,2025. [Kipsang Joseph, Standard] 

The police now have a license to kill. According to Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, the police should use their lethal arms to repel demonstrators, reminding them that the guns they bear are not toys. 

The CS had recently told parliament that in the six months he had been at the helm of security he could not take responsibility for police killings because his role was mainly revolved around policy.

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