The Democracy for Citizens Party (DCP) leader Rigathi Gachagua sensationally accused Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen of turning the National Police Service (NPS) into a political instrument to threaten citizens.
During an interview with KTN News on Wednesday night, Gachagua said police officers he claims were involved in violence during the recent Ol Kalou by-election were redeployed rather than dismissed and prosecuted.
He further alleged that Murkomen has been overseeing the training of a rogue police unit in Moyale, which he says will replace the Ol Kalou team as part of plans to target people perceived as enemies of the state ahead of the 2027 General Election.
“Murkomen has transformed the National Police Service into a militia. As we speak, the police officers who have been attacking people are the same ones who attacked the church in Mwea. I took evidence to the Inspector General, including their photographs, names, and videos. Instead of being prosecuted, they were promoted, given more responsibilities and more sophisticated weapons, and then deployed to Ol Kalou,” he said.
“These officers have only been transferred because they were exposed. I am told that, as we speak, Murkomen has already built a new squad, which has been taken to a training base in Moyale to take over what this group was doing.”
The former Deputy President cited alleged deaths of two people during violence around the Ol Kalou by-election and accused authorities of failing to account for the killings. He added that officials instead transferred officers he says were responsible after investigators identified them.
“As we speak, two people are dead, yet there has not been a statement from the National Police Service about these deaths. Women have been raped. These people created mayhem. There were four platoons of GSU, four platoons of ASTU and about 1,000 uniformed police officers, but they were helpless because this criminal gang had been sent there by Murkomen to cause mayhem,” he said.
He went on to claim that the evidence authorities collected was not matched with action. “The photographs are there. The videos are there. Now that they have been exposed, instead of being arrested and prosecuted, they have been transferred.”
Gachagua then called for Murkomen’s removal from office, arguing that dismissing the Interior Cabinet Secretary was the only way to restore public confidence in the police service. He rejected the Interior Ministry’s request that members of the public submit information about rogue officers, saying authorities already knew who was behind the conduct.
“Kenya’s problem is not goons; it is rogue police officers operating under CS Kipchumba Murkomen. The way to stop this lawlessness is to sack Murkomen because he is the one in charge,” he said.
He added that people he says were implicated remained at large. “These police officers are known. The CS is asking people to provide more information, but he should be helping to arrest them. Instead, as the DCI has confirmed, they have simply been transferred. You are only transferring the problem.”
The former Deputy President warned that the country could face instability unless authorities address what he describes as the alleged misuse of security agencies before the next General Election.
“What we saw in Ol Kalou is only the beginning. We have not seen the last of it. From where I sit, if Kipchumba Murkomen remains the Cabinet Secretary for Interior as we head towards the election, there will be civil war in this country. There will be anarchy,” he claimed.
