Kirinyaga Governor Anne Waiguru has warned that the ongoing killing of innocent Kenyans by the police could plunge the country into anarchy.

Waiguru further warned against the cover-up of the killings by police officers, terming the recent shooting of a street vendor and the killing of Albert Ojwang at the Central Police Station in Nairobi as unwarranted and blatant violations of the law.

The governor called out the police for their role in extrajudicial killings and what she termed as unjustifiable acts of violence against citizens.

Speaking during the distribution of climate change mitigation items at Kamiigua Grounds in Kutus, on Thursday, Governor Waiguru cited the death of Ojwang in police cells as a glaring example of state overreach and the erosion of democratic values. "No leader of a sane mind can support the abduction of young people.