Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has reaffirmed the government’s commitment to investigating all alleged cases of police brutality and unlawful killings, saying no law excuses any officer, uniformed or not, from accountability.

Speaking during a public address on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, Murkomen dismissed narratives suggesting that officers in plain clothes or operating undercover had immunity from prosecution.

“There is no law that excuses a police officer to commit crimes or kill people,” he said. “Whether in uniform or not, officers are subject to the same legal standards.”

Murkomen stressed that police officers using any form of transport – Subarus, lorries, or on foot – must always operate within the law. He emphasised that even officers responding to emergencies while off duty are still bound by legal and ethical codes.

“If a police officer sleeps in his house and there’s an emergency, he doesn’t need to wear a uniform to respond,” Murkomen said. “The uniform is for identification. The law applies with or without it.”

The CS assured the public that all claims of extrajudicial killings will be thoroughly probed, noting that justice must be served for victims and their families.

“All cases of excesses reported will be investigated equally,” he said, adding that rogue officers must be held accountable regardless of their attire or assignment.

Murkomen also addressed recent allegations of a covert “killer squad” operating within the security apparatus, insisting no such unit exists under the current administration.

“There is no non-police squad that is involved in killing people, at least not in this administration and not to the knowledge of the Cabinet Secretary,” he asserted. “It would be unconstitutional and illegal to establish a squad anywhere in Kenya to kill people.”

He concluded by reiterating that all police formations in Kenya are meant to protect—not harm—citizens.