Former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua has come out strongly to condemn the government’s handling of the June 25, 2025 protests, accusing the police of using excessive force. His statement comes hours after interior CS Kipchumba Murkomen said the protests were funded. In a strongly worded statement issued Thursday, Gachagua said the use of live bullets on peaceful and unarmed young protesters was unacceptable. “I condemn in the strongest terms possible the use of excessive force and live bullets by the police on peaceful and unharmed Gen-Z protesters across the country,” said Gachagua. “Intimidating young demonstrators who were only remembering their…
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Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has revealed that close to 300 police officers were injured during the June 25, 2025 protests, describing the demonstrations as a “coordinated campaign of terror” rather than peaceful dissent. Speaking during a press briefing on Thursday, Murkomen said investigations were still ongoing but confirmed that more than 10 Kenyans had died, over 400 people were injured, and hundreds of businesses and public institutions were destroyed. “Over 400 people were injured, close to 300 being police officers — some left with injuries they will carry for the rest of their lives,” he said. Murkomen described the…
Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen has claimed that the June 25, 2025 demonstrations were not peaceful protests, but an attempted coup disguised as dissent. Speaking during a press briefing on Thursday, Murkomen described the events as “terrorism” and said the violence witnessed across the country was premeditated and well-coordinated. “It was not a protest,” he said. “It was terrorism disguised as dissent. There was no peaceful demonstration — it was riots, chaos, and anarchy.” The CS condemned those behind the protests, accusing them of unleashing a wave of violence, looting, sexual assault, and destruction across various parts of the country.…
The government has launched investigations to identify and arrest the organizers and financiers behind the June 25, 2025 protests. Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen, during a press briefing on Thursday, said authorities have credible evidence that the planners intended to storm State House and Parliament. Murkomen said security agencies successfully prevented what he termed an attempted coup. “The Inspector General of Police, through the Directorate of Criminal Investigations, is investigating and will bring to justice the organizers and financiers of this well-orchestrated campaign of violence. I want Kenyans to rest assured that the government will pursue justice relentlessly on behalf…
Detectives have recovered bhang valued at Sh13.7 million in Migori County and arrested a 32-year-old suspect in connection with the trafficking. In a statement released on Thursday, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) said officers from Oruba Police Station intercepted a black Toyota Kluger along the Giribe-Masara Road following a tip-off. The vehicle, driven by Edwin Okondo Nyagaga, was found packed with the illegal substance. Upon inspection at the station, police confirmed the vehicle was carrying eight sacks of bhang, weighing a total of 457.6 kilograms. In addition to the drugs, four different number plates believed to be used to…
The Law Society of Kenya (LSK) has raised alarm over the reported deployment of hired goons during the June 25, 2025 protests in Nairobi and Eldoret. In a statement issued on Thursday, LSK President Faith Odhiambo said the presence of armed criminals among peaceful demonstrators put lives at risk and led to destruction of both private and public property. “In particular, we take great exception to reports of armed goons being deployed against protesters in Nairobi and Eldoret,” said Odhiambo. “These criminal elements infiltrated the demonstrations and committed atrocities that endangered protesters and caused widespread damage.” Odhiambo also condemned the…
Cooperative Bank is counting losses after one of its ATMs was broken into during the June 25, 2025, protests that rocked several parts of the country. The bank confirmed that two of its branches — in Githurai and Dagoretti — were affected during the nationwide demonstrations. In a statement on Thursday, the bank said there were no injuries to any of their staff or customers but confirmed that one ATM suffered a cash loss. “We advise that there were no injuries to any of our customers or staff, with minimal cash loss from one of the ATMs,” the statement read.…
Two secondary school students were shot by police on Wednesday, June 25, 2025, during anti-government protests in Molo, Nakuru County. According to a police report, one of the victims, a 17-year-old Form Three student at Njenga Karume Secondary School, was fatally shot as officers tried to disperse demonstrators. The second student, from Turi Secondary School, sustained leg injuries, while a bullet on the stomach grazed another protester. He received treatment but declined to identify himself before leaving the hospital. The protests in Molo began at around 9:30 a.m., when more than 500 youths gathered in the town. Police say the…
Nine police officers were injured and three police vehicles damaged during the June 25, 2025 protests in Mathira, Nyeri County. According to police, the demonstrations, which took place in at least 24 counties across the country, began in Mathira at around 8:40 am when a group of youth blocked the Karatina-Nairobi highway with stones and burning tyres near the Karatina main stage and Total petrol station. The roadblock caused heavy traffic and some protesters were reported to have extorted money from motorists. Police officers drawn from Mathira East and West, DCI units, Administration Police, and Kenya Police College in Kiganjo…
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Embakasi East MP Babu Owino has claimed that the government has withdrawn his security following his participation in the June 25, 2025 protest anniversary in Nairobi. In a statement on Thursday, June 26, the legislator said he was targeted after he joined other leaders and protestors to mark one year since the 2024 demonstrations in which dozens of youth stormed Parliament during protests against the Finance Bill. “Yesterday, I stood with the people—not against the nation, but for its future. I exercised my democratic right to protest peacefully against the actions of a government that is failing its citizens. Today,…
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Tharaka Nithi County has come under sharp criticism from the Senate over governance and financial irregularities in Kathwana Municipality and Nithi Water and Sanitation Company during the 2023/24 financial year. The Senate County Public Investments and Special Funds Committee, chaired by Vihiga Senator Godfrey Osotsi, summoned Governor Muthomi Njuki and his executive team to explain audit queries. Among the concerns was the revelation that Kathwana Municipality operated without a legally established board when its budget was approved. “Operating without a duly constituted board is a serious breach,” Senator Osotsi said. “We also found no evidence of the municipality collecting any…