Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has stated that any public servant who is found speaking ill of or opposing the government will be dismissed immediately.

Speaking in Narok during a Jukwaa la Usalama town hall meeting with security officers on Monday, August 11, 2025, Murkomen said there should be no chief, assistant chief, or police officer making statements against the government of the day, as such actions are illegal and unconstitutional.

“Hakuna chief or assistant chief or police officers; ambaye ataongea mambo against the government of the day, hakuna; it’s illegal; it’s unconstitutional. National Government officers who speak ill of the government will be fired immediately,” Murkomen stated.

With recent incidents where police officers have openly criticised the government, including a well-known officer and Mugithi singer Samidoh singing anti-government Wantam slogans, the CS noted that if a police officer insults the president, chants political slogans such as Wantam, and still expects to serve the government and the country while claiming to have political rights such as calling the President derogatory names like Kasongo or singing political songs, then that officer or any other public servant should be dismissed immediately.

“Hautipata police officer akitusi rais, anaimba slogan za siasa na bado anataka kuserve government of the day and the country na anaongea huko ati ako na political right anaita president Kasongo ama anaimba vitu za wantam that police officer or public servant should be fired immediately,” CS stated.

Murkomen clarified that this applies to all administrations, not just the current one. He stressed that even when the current government leaves and another comes into power, any person who has chosen to serve in public service must respect the government in office at that time.

“I am not saying so because of this government, even the previous regime government and the government to come. Hii government ikiondoka na ingine ikuje lazima wewe, kama unlichose, to serve in public service. “Lazima urispect the government that will come,” Murkomen added.

Their constitutional right

He added that while public servants have the right to vote for a candidate of their choice without interference, they are not permitted to participate in political campaigns or political sloganeering. Their role, he emphasised, is to understand the policies of the government of the day and focus on implementing those policies.

“Utapigia kura penye utapigia hakuna mwenye atakuliza, but you can’t participate in campaigns and sloganeering; yours is to understand the government of the day’s policy and the implementation of that policy,” he concluded.