Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has issued fresh orders to police over shooting, particularly during protests, urging them to exercise restraint and limit the use of firearms when handling protesters.
While issuing the Policy Directive No.1 of 2025 on the Use of Force and Firearms, Murkomen directed the officers to use force and firearms only per the rules on the use of force and firearms under the law, departmental standing orders, and the respective policy directive.
The CS instructed that law enforcement officials shall not use force or firearms against persons except in self-defence or defence of others against the imminent threat of death or serious injury. "The officers, in carrying out their duty, shall, as far as possible, apply non-violent means before resorting to the use of force and/or firearms," the policy directive stated.
Anti riot police officers alongside protesters in the Nairobi CBD on June 25, 2025.
