Former Makueni County Governor Kivutha Kibwana has joined a growing number of Kenyan leaders condemning the recent shoot-to-kill directive issued by Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen to police officers.

In a post shared on Saturday, June 28, Kibwana, a seasoned lawyer and legal expert, warned that Murkomen will be held accountable for any murder resulting from the directive, both now and in the future.

According to him, the responsibility for any extrajudicial killings will lie with the Cabinet Secretary who issued the command.

Kibwana also expressed regret over the fact that he was once Murkomen’s law lecturer at the University of Nairobi, questioning how someone he taught in law could issue such a directive.

“Do you know, @InteriorKE, that due to your shoot-to-live murder command, you will now and in the future be held accountable for every extrajudicial extermination, Officer of the Court? @LawSocietyofKe. How was I your teacher at UoN, Law?” Kibwana said.

His statement comes at a time when the shoot-to-kill order has sparked national outrage, with several leaders and citizens calling for accountability and the upholding of constitutional rights.

Do you know ⁦@InteriorKE⁩ that due to your shoot-live to murder command, you will now and in the future be held accountable for every extrajudicial extermination, Officer of the Court? ⁦@LawSocietyofKe⁩. How was I your teacher at UoN, Law? https://t.co/drGcTf7kqb

— Kivutha Kibwana (@ProfKibwana) June 28, 2025

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.”

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.

However, Murkomen’s remarks were not received well by his supposed audience, who jeered and told him off.