President William Ruto has warned against attempts to intimidate police officers carrying out their duties, saying his administration will protect them.

Speaking when he hosted the National Police Service (NPS) at State House, Nairobi today, Ruto instead urged Kenyans to support and respect police officers tasked with maintaining law and order. "To those who want to undermine, or try to intimidate our security agencies, I am telling them: you're doing the wrong thing.

Our security men and women deserve every support we can muster," he said.

His remarks come ahead of planned Gen Z protests tomorrow, to mark the first anniversary of the June 25 anti-Finance Bill demos, in which several Kenyans were killed.