Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has taken back his remarks clarifying on his shoot-to-kill directives after public uproar.
Speaking in Kitui on Saturday, Murkomen cited the National Police Service Act of 2011, outlining the circumstances under which an officer may discharge a firearm. "I am not the one who wrote the law.
The law states that a police officer, when faced with a life-threatening situation, must be able to use their firearms," said Murkomen. "I cannot order the IG on anything because the constitution denies me the right to do so.
I did not order the IG to conduct any extrajudicial killings.
