Majority Leader Kimani Ichung'wah has defended the police at the National Assembly hours after an officer shot a mask vendor at point-blank range at Imenti House in Nairobi on Tuesday afternoon.
Ichung'wah, while addressing the House, said Kenyans must treat police officers with "respect, with honour, and with the dignity that they deserve".
While referencing the case in Nakuru where a man was recorded brandishing a machete at an armed police officer, Ichung'wah commended the cop for not retaliating with violence despite his life being threatened. "I saw somebody, Honourable Speaker, the other day in Nakuru brandishing a machete and an unarmed police officer, and I must take this opportunity, Honourable Speaker, to commend that officer in Nakuru who was being taunted with a panga.
His life would have been at risk for the lives of other Kenyans, but he maintained his cool," Ichung'wah told the House. A screengrab collage of police officers arresting a female protester in Mombasa on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.
