Murkomen: Anyone behind Ol Kalou by-election violence will face the law

By , July 16, 2026

Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has warned that anyone found responsible for violence or disruption during the Ol Kalou parliamentary by-election will be prosecuted.

Speaking on Thursday, July 16, 2026, during a presser, Murkomen said all reported incidents of violence must be thoroughly investigated, adding that those found culpable, regardless of their status, will face the full force of the law.

He also cautioned security officers against acting outside the law, saying any officer found to have used excessive force or engaged in unlawful conduct would be held individually accountable.

Section of police officers who were forced to open their bags over claims that they were transporting election materials. PHOTO/Screengrab by People Daily Digital

The CS said the Inspector General of Police had deployed sufficient security personnel to maintain law and order throughout the by-election, assuring residents that the government was committed to ensuring a peaceful and credible electoral process.

“The Inspector General of Police deployed enough officers to provide security in Ol Kalou. These allegations of some other persons who are causing havoc in Ol Kalou must be investigated thoroughly, and anyone who is culpable must be arrested, regardless of what they were doing and who had deployed them to Ol Kalou,” he said.

Facing the law

He warned that security officers would not be shielded from accountability if they acted outside the law.

Kipchumba Murkomen, while chairing a consultative meeting with heads of Directorates and agencies within the State Department for Internal Security and National Administration to review ongoing reforms to boost service delivery to Wananchi. PHOTO@kipmurkomen/X
Kipchumba Murkomen, while chairing a consultative meeting with heads of Directorates and agencies within the State Department for Internal Security and National Administration to review ongoing reforms to boost service delivery to Wananchi. PHOTO@kipmurkomen/X

“Whether they were deployed by the Inspector General and they went and misbehaved, they must be dealt with and dealt with finality,” Murkomen said.

The Interior CS reiterated that the government would not tolerate election-related violence anywhere in the country.

“We are not condoning violence in any way, whether it was Ol Kalou, whether it was Mbeere, whether it was Narok, and whether in the next elections. We want to assure the people of Kenya that we are not going to condone that kind of thing,” he said.”So any such actions must be investigated and punishment brought immediately.”

Police deployed to Ol Kalou

The Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja deployed more than 1,000 police officers to Ol Kalou Constituency to oversee the parliamentary by-election, assuring residents that adequate security measures have been put in place to guarantee a peaceful, free, fair, and credible electoral process.

Inspector General of the National Police Service, Douglas Kanja (in Blue Uniform) speaking with police officers while conducting a security assessment in Nairobi and Kitengela on Thursday, June 25,2026 GenZ commemoration. PHOTO/@NPSOfficial_KE
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Speaking to the press on Tuesday, July 14, 2026 after a multi-agency security meeting attended by officials from the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC), Kanja said the National Police Service was fully prepared to secure the exercise and protect voters, election officials, and electoral materials.

“The people of Ol Kalou are expected to exercise their democratic rights in a free, fair, peaceful, secure, and credible manner, as guided by our Constitution and the laws of the land,” Kanja said.

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